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退役

tuì yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

退役 (tuì yì) means "(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 退役 means

1. (of military personnel or athletes) to retire
2. (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

The characters in 退役

• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 役yìforced labor; corvée; obligatory task

Example sentences

• 汤姆是一个越军退役军人。
  Tom is a Vietnam veteran.

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