Chinese word dictionary

退让

tuìràng · to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede

Practice word

Word information

Simplified退让

Traditional退讓

Pinyintuìràng

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

退tuì

to retreat, to step back, to withdraw

让ràng

to allow, to permit, to yield

How to learn 退让

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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让ràng

to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])

退tuì

to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline

退出tuìchū

to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)

退还tuìhuán

to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate

退休tuìxiū

to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

后退hòutuì

to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat