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退步

tuì bù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

退步 (tuì bù) means "to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 退步 means

1. to do less well than before
2. to make a concession
3. setback
4. backward step
5. leeway
6. room to maneuver
7. fallback

The characters in 退步

• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 步bùa step; a pace; walk

Example sentences

• 社会不是在进步，而是在退步。
  Shèhuì bù shì zài jìnbù, érshì zài tuìbù.
  Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.

Where 退步 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Escape, Retirement & Evasion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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