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后退

hòu tuì

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 後退

后退 (hòu tuì) means "to recoil; to draw back; to fall back". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 后退 means

1. to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

The characters in 后退

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline

Example sentences

• 后退！
  Back off!
• 往后退点。
  Back off.
• 请往后退一点。
  Stand back, please.
• 请往后退一退。
  Please move back.
• 汤姆后退一步。
  Tom took a step backward.
• 汤姆后退一步跌倒了。
  Tāngmǔ hòutuì yī bù diēdǎo le.
  Tom took a step back and fell.

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