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- to dismiss (from a post)
- to expel from school
- to order away (servants etc)
- to reject (visa application etc)
- (commerce) to return to sender
- item returned to sender
- (intransitive) to weaken; to decrease; (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back
Trad. 退場
- to leave a place where some event is taking place
- (of an actor) to exit
- (sports) to leave the field
- (of an audience) to leave
- (of military personnel or athletes) to retire
- (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
- to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
- to retire early (from one's job)
- to do less well than before
- to make a concession
- setback
- backward step
- leeway
- room to maneuver
- fallback
Trad. 退網
- (of a public figure, streamer, influencer etc) to quit social media
Trad. 退還
- to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
Trad. 退關
- shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
Trad. 進退
- to advance or retreat
- knowing when to come and when to leave
- a sense of propriety
- withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of China
- (neologism c. 2007) (of an official) to retire completely from all leadership positions
- to petition for retirement (old)
- to ask for leave to withdraw
- to ask to be excused
Trad. 包退換
- to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
- retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
Trad. 退思園
- Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu
Trad. 退燒藥
- antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
- assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]
Trad. 退居二線
- to withdraw to the second line of duty
- to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
- to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece
Trad. 無路可退
- without a retreat route
- caught in a dead end
- having burned one's bridges
Trad. 退耕還林
- restoring agricultural land to forest
Trad. 臨陣退縮
- to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
- to get cold feet
Trad. 多退少補
- (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
- lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom)
- fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
Trad. 中途退場
- to leave in the middle of the play
- (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded
Trad. 不知進退
- not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
Trad. 知難而退
- lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
- fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- fig. to give up
- to turn tail
Trad. 進退不得
- can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
- stalled
- in a dilemma
- stuck in a difficult position
Trad. 進退中繩
- to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
Trad. 進退兩難
- no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
- trapped
- in an impossible situation
Trad. 進退失據
- no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
- in a hopeless situation
Trad. 進退有常
- to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
Trad. 進退為難
- no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
- trapped
- in an impossible situation
Trad. 進退維谷
- no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
- trapped
- in an impossible situation
Trad. 進退自如
- free to come and go (idiom)
- to have room to maneuver
Trad. 進道若退
- progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chpt. 41)
Trad. 節節敗退
- to retreat again and again in defeat
- to suffer defeat after defeat
Trad. 小三勸退師
- consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee
- to settle for second best
- the next best thing
- see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4 er4 wu3]
Trad. 退休金雙軌制
- see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4]
Trad. 逆水行舟，不進則退
- like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)