WordTaiwan frequency #7,620
退縮
ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
“to shrink back; to cower; to recoil from action; to hesitate and hold back.”
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- 退休ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡto leave one's job permanently due to age, years of service, or personal choice; to stop working and live on a pension or savings
- 退出ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄨto withdraw; to quit; to log out (computing); to leave a place; to exit
- 衰退ㄕㄨㄞ ㄊㄨㄟˋto decline; to weaken; to deteriorate; (economics) recession; a period of economic contraction with falling output, employment, and income.
- 縮短ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇto shorten; to reduce; to curtail; to make shorter in length, duration, or extent
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 退伍ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨˇto be discharged from military service; to complete one's term and leave the armed forces.
- 退場ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄤˊto leave a venue after an event; (of an actor) to exit the stage; (sports) to leave the field; (of an audience) to leave
- 撤退ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋto retreat; to withdraw from a position or occupied area
- 退休金ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄣretirement pension; regular payments received after leaving employment; lump-sum or ongoing benefit paid to retired workers
- 萎縮ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to shrink or atrophy (of muscle, organ, etc); to decline or diminish (of a custom, economy, etc).
- 退化ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋto degenerate; to deteriorate; (biology) to atrophy or become vestigial; (of a region) to decline as resources flow to core areas
- 縮減ㄙㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇto cut back; to reduce; to curtail; to scale down.