Chinese

退休

tuìxiū
to retire (stop working on a permanent basis)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese退 “to step back; to move backwards”
    • ideaChinese皀 “Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)”
    • ideaChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • ideaChinese夊 “of going, slow”
    • ideaChinese日 “Sun”
  • characterChinese休 “to rest; to relax”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • ideaChinese木 “tree; woody plant”

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