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退却

tuì què

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 退卻

退却 (tuì què) means "to retreat; to shrink back". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 退却 means

1. to retreat
2. to shrink back

The characters in 退却

• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 却quèbut; yet; however

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