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退而求其次
tuì ér qiú qí cì
What 退而求其次 means
- to settle for second best
- the next best thing
The characters in 退而求其次
- 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request
- 其qíhis; her; its
- 次cìnext in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
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