退

to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw

to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline

blunt / tough / chewy

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

to walk (side part of split character)

to fall back / to go in reverse

to beat back / to repel

to ebb / to go down / to decline

to leave in the middle of the play / (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded

to hinder / to prevent (forward progress)

to escape unscathed / to get through in one piece

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet

to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece

see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4 er4 wu3]

withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of China

not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety