退却 (tuì què) — to retreat (physically, especially in military context); to shrink back, to flinch (from a challenge or difficulty)
Definition
退却 pairs a military sense ('retreat, withdraw') with a figurative one ('flinch or shrink back' from difficulty). 退缩 and 畏缩 are the purely figurative near-synonyms; 撤退 is military-only.
verb
to retreat (physically, especially in military context)to shrink backto flinch (from a challenge or difficulty)
Examples
- ，退却。Dí rén dǐ dǎng bú zhù jìn gōng, zhǐ hǎo tuì què.The enemy couldn't withstand the attack and had to retreat.
- 退却，。Yù dào cuò zhé jiù tuì què, yǒng yuǎn wú fǎ chéng gōng.If you shrink back at every setback, you'll never succeed.
- 退却，。Tā miàn duì wēi xiǎn háo bú tuì què, yǒng gǎn dì chōng le shàng qù.He didn't flinch in the face of danger and bravely charged forward.
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