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retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw |
a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process |
| trad. (退步)
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退
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步
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| simp. #(退步)
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退
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步
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Pronunciation
Verb
退步
- to regress; to fall behind
- to step back; to move back
- to relent; to give in; to yield; to compromise; to concede
Synonyms
- 滯後 / 滞后 (zhìhòu) (mainland China)
- 落後 / 落后 (luòhòu)
- (to step back): 後退／后退 (hòutuì)
- (to relent):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to regress”): 進步／进步 (jìnbù)
Derived terms
Noun
退步
- escape route; route of retreat; way out
- leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space
Synonyms
- (escape route): 後路／后路 (hòulù), 後步／后步 (hòubù), 退步 (tuìbù), 退路 (tuìlù)
- (leeway):
- 地步 (dìbù) (literary)
- 後步 / 后步 (hòubù)
- 後路 / 后路 (hòulù) (figurative)
- 退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)
- 餘地 / 余地 (yúdì) (literal and figurative)