退 tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
退让
tuìràng
to make concessions; to give way
Characters in this word
让 ràng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 上 above, on top, superior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 双方都作出有限退让，谈判才终于从僵局中走出来。 Shuāngfāng dōu zuòchū yǒuxiàn tuìràng, tánpàn cái zhōngyú cóng jiāngjú zhōng zǒu chūlái. Only after both sides made limited concessions did the negotiations finally emerge from deadlock.
- 在原则问题上，他从来不退让。 Zài yuánzé wèntí shàng, tā cónglái bú tuìràng. On matters of principle, he never gives way.
- 经过几轮退让，合同终于顺利签下来了。 Jīngguò jǐ lún tuìràng, hétong zhōngyú shùnlì qiān xiàlái le. After several rounds of mutual concessions, the contract was finally signed smoothly.
Related words
- 退 tuì to step back; to return
- 退出 tuìchū to leave; to withdraw
- 退休 tuìxiū to retire
- 后退 hòutuì to retreat, to move back
- 退税 tuìshuì tax refund
- 撤退 chètuì to retreat; to withdraw
- 辞退 cítuì to dismiss; to fire
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken
- 衰退 shuāituì to decline; to recede; recession
- 退步 tuìbù to regress; to fall behind
- 退化 tuìhuà to degenerate; to deteriorate