劝退
quàn tuì
Pinyin

Definition

劝退
 - 
quàn tuì
  1. to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

退
tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to move back
  4. 4 to withdraw
退出
tuì chū
  1. 1 to withdraw
  2. 2 to abort
  3. 3 to quit
  4. 4 to log out (computing)
倒退
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
后退
hòu tuì
  1. 1 to recoil
  2. 2 to draw back
  3. 3 to fall back
  4. 4 to retreat
撤退
chè tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
早退
zǎo tuì
  1. 1 to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
  2. 2 to retire early (from one's job)
消退
xiāo tuì
  1. 1 to wane
  2. 2 to vanish gradually
减退
jiǎn tuì
  1. 1 to ebb
  2. 2 to go down
  3. 3 to decline
衰退
shuāi tuì
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to drop
  4. 4 to falter
  5. 5 a decline
  6. 6 recession (in economics)
退下
tuì xià
  1. 1 to retire
  2. 2 to withdraw
  3. 3 to retreat
  4. 4 to step down
退伍
tuì wǔ
  1. 1 to be discharged from military service
退休
tuì xiū
  1. 1 to retire
  2. 2 retirement (from work)
退化
tuì huà
  1. 1 to degenerate
  2. 2 atrophy
退回
tuì huí
  1. 1 to return (an item)
  2. 2 to send back
  3. 3 to go back
退场
tuì chǎng
  1. 1 to leave a place where some event is taking place
  2. 2 (of an actor) to exit
  3. 3 (sports) to leave the field
  4. 4 (of an audience) to leave
退学
tuì xué
  1. 1 to quit school
退役
tuì yì
  1. 1 to retire from the military, sport etc
  2. 2 to demobilize
  3. 3 to decommission
  4. 4 retired from use
退房
tuì fáng
  1. 1 to check out of a hotel room
退款
tuì kuǎn
  1. 1 to refund
  2. 2 refund
退步
tuì bù
  1. 1 to do less well than before
  2. 2 to make a concession
  3. 3 setback
  4. 4 backward step
  5. 5 leeway
  6. 6 room to maneuver
  7. 7 fallback

Idioms (16)

不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
知难而退
zhī nán ér tuì
  1. 1 to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
  2. 2 to get out on finding out what it's really like
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
  1. 1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
  2. 2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
  1. 1 to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
  2. 2 to get cold feet
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
  1. 1 lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
  2. 2 a strategic withdrawal
逆水行舟，不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
  1. 1 like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
进退不得
jìn tuì bù dé
  1. 1 can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
  2. 2 stalled
  3. 3 in a dilemma
  4. 4 stuck in a difficult position
进退中绳
jìn tuì zhōng shéng
  1. 1 to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退两难
jìn tuì liǎng nán
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退失据
jìn tuì shī jù
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
  2. 2 in a hopeless situation
进退有常
jìn tuì yǒu cháng
  1. 1 to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退为难
jìn tuì wéi nán
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退无路
jìn tuì wú lù
  1. 1 to have no alternative (idiom)
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退自如
jìn tuì zì rú
  1. 1 free to come and go (idiom)
  2. 2 to have room to maneuver

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