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褪去

tuì qù

2-character word

What 褪去 means

1. to take off (one's clothes)
2. (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc)
3. (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside
4. also pr. tùn qù

The characters in 褪去

• 褪tuìto take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade…
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last

Example sentences

• 虽然激情可能会褪去，却不容它破坏我们感情上的联系。
  Suīrán jīqíng kěnéng huì tuìqù, què bù róng tā pòhuài wǒmen gǎnqíng shàng de liánxì.
  Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
• 林肯在向远比我们眼下分歧更大的国家发表讲话时说，我们不是敌人，而是朋友……虽然激情可能会褪去，但这不会割断我们感情上的联系。
  Línkěn zài xiàng yuǎn bǐ wǒmen yǎnxià fēnqí gèng dà de guójiā fābiǎo jiǎnghuà shí shuō, wǒmen bù shì dírén, érshì péngyou …… suīrán jīqíng kěnéng huì tuìqù, dàn zhè bù huì gēduàn wǒmen gǎnqíng shàng de liánxì.
  As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.