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退避三舍

tuì bì sān shè

4-character word

What 退避三舍 means

1. (lit.) to retreat ninety li (idiom)
2. (fig.) to shun; to assiduously avoid

The characters in 退避三舍

• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee
• 三sānthree; 3
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms

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