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退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
What 退避三舍 means
- (lit.) to retreat ninety li (idiom)
- (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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