革退
gé tuì
Pinyin
Definition
革退
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- to dismiss from a post
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to retreat
- 2 to decline
- 3 to move back
- 4 to withdraw
- 1 to withdraw
- 2 to abort
- 3 to quit
- 4 to log out (computing)
- 1 to fall back
- 2 to go in reverse
Idioms (20)
不知进退
- 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
打退堂鼓
- 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- 2 fig. to give up
- 3 to turn tail
洗心革面
- 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- 2 to turn over a new leaf
知难而退
- 1 to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
- 2 to get out on finding out what it's really like
临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网
- 1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
- 2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim