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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

退休 [tuìxiū]
  1. 1. verb retire

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

退休 [tuìxiū]
  1. 1. retire
  2. 2. retirement

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

退休 [tuìxiū]
  1. 1. 职工达到规定年龄或因公致残而离开工作岗位,按期领取退休金。

Examples

这位退休教师虽然退休了但仍在教课。
Though retired, he still teaches courses.
楼上住的是一位退休老工人。
A retired worker lives upstairs.
论理她早可以退休了,可是她仍然坚持工作。
She really ought to have retired long ago, but she's still working.
他过不惯清闲的退休生活。
He finds it difficult to get used to the idle life of retirement.
退休之后就过着清闲的日子,不禁感叹髀肉复生。
He lived an easy life after retirement, and signed for his idleness.
他打算一退休就屏迹乡里。
He decided to live a secluded life after retirement.
退休后,把很多精力放到了茶艺研究上。
He devoted much energy to tea arts after retirement.
退休后他一直沉潜于京剧艺术的研究。
After retirement, he became absorbed in the research of Beijing Opera.
能够来这里发挥余热,这些退休老人也得其所哉。
These retired men are content to devote their remaining energy here.
母亲退休后,他顶职进入了那家工厂。
After his mother's retirement, he took her place and became a member of that factory.

Word Decomposition

退
[tuì]
+
[xiū]

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