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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

退后 [tuìhòu]
  1. 1. verb To recede; to go backward.
    列车马上就要进站了, 请乘客退后到安全线以外。
    The train is drawing into the station, please step back behind the safety line.
  2. 2. verb To step back; to concede; to cower.
    无论遇到什么样的困难我们也不能退后
    We will never fall back, whatever difficulties we might run into.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

退后 [tuìhòu]
  1. 1. 向后退;倒退
    退后点儿,车开过来了
    退后十年,我跑得比你快。
  2. 2. 退让;退缩
    他总是事事退后,从不争先。

Examples

列车马上就要进站了, 请乘客退后到安全线以外。
The train is drawing into the station, please step back behind the safety line. 退后
无论遇到什么样的困难我们也不能退后
We will never fall back, whatever difficulties we might run into. 退后
退后点儿,车开过来了 退后
退后十年,我跑得比你快。 退后
他总是事事退后,从不争先。 退后

Word Decomposition

退
[tuì]
+
[hòu]

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