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引退

yǐn tuì

2-character word

What 引退 means

1. to retire from office
2. to resign

The characters in 引退

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline

Sounds the same

Read yǐn tuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 隐退to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish

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