Dictionary - results for retreat

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
撤兵	撤兵	chèbīng	- withdraw troops - retreat
却	卻	què	- but - yet - however - while - to go back - to decline - to retreat - nevertheless - even though
退	退	tuì	- to retreat - to decline - to move back - to withdraw
回归	回歸	huíguī	- to return to - to retreat - regression (statistics)
后撤	後撤	hòuchè	- to pull back (an army) - to retreat
后路	後路	hòulù	- escape route - retreat route - communication lines to the rear - alternative course of action - room for maneuver
后退	後退	hòutuì	- to recoil - to draw back - to fall back - to retreat
撤出	撤出	chèchū	- to withdraw - to leave - to retreat - to pull out
撤军	撤軍	chèjūn	- to withdraw troops - to retreat
撤退	撤退	chètuì	- to retreat
收兵	收兵	shōubīng	- to retreat - to withdraw troops - to recall troops - fig. to finish work - to wind up - to call it a day - used with negatives: the task is far from over
退下	退下	tuìxià	- to retire - to withdraw - to retreat - to step down
退却	退卻	tuìquè	- to retreat - to shrink back
退路	退路	tuìlù	- a way out - a way to retreat - leeway
进退	進退	jìntuì	- to advance or retreat - knowing when to come and when to leave - a sense of propriety
鸣金	鳴金	míngjīn	- to beat a gong - to sound the retreat
擂鼓鸣金	擂鼓鳴金	léigǔmíngjīn	- to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat - to egg people on or to call them back
击鼓鸣金	擊鼓鳴金	jīgǔmíngjīn	- to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat - to egg people on or to call them back
破釜沉舟	破釜沉舟	pòfǔchénzhōu	- lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat - to burn one's boats
羊触藩篱	羊觸藩籬	yángchùfānlí	- lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經\|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat - without any way out of a dilemma - trapped - in an impossible situation
羝羊触藩	羝羊觸藩	dīyángchùfān	- lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經\|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat - without any way out of a dilemma - trapped - in an impossible situation
进退自如	進退自如	jìntuìzìrú	- free to advance or retreat - room for maneuver
鸣金收兵	鳴金收兵	míngjīnshōubīng	- to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
鸣金收军	鳴金收軍	míngjīnshōujūn	- to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat