退避三舍 (tuì bì sān shè) — to give way to someone; to deliberately avoid a conflict or confrontation; to keep one's distance from something (in order to stay out of trouble)

A literary chengyu: 'retreat three舍 to avoid' — i.e. step back deliberately to avoid conflict. Implies strategic yielding, not cowardice.

idiom
to give way to someoneto deliberately avoid a conflict or confrontationto keep one's distance from something (in order to stay out of trouble)

예문

  • 退避三舍
    Nà wèi lǎo zhuān jiā pí qi hěn dà, tóng shì men dōu duì tā tuì bì sān shè.
    That old expert has a bad temper; all his colleagues give way to him.
  • 退避三舍
    Yù dào zhè zhǒng mǐn gǎn huà tí, tā tōng cháng xuǎn zé tuì bì sān shè.
    When encountering such sensitive topics, he usually chooses to avoid them assiduously.
  • 退避三舍
    Zài shāng yè tán pàn zhōng, yǒu shí tuì bì sān shè bú shì shì ruò, ér shì cè lüè.
    In business negotiations, sometimes giving way is not a sign of weakness but a strategy.

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