Chinese Word: 知难而退 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

知 zhī 难 nán 而 ér 退 tuì (Trad.: 知難而退)

to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like

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Synonym: 急流勇退

Antonyms: 一蹶不振因噎废食百折不挠锲而不舍知难而进逆水行舟无所作为

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1		nǐ 你 bù néng 不能 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退。 You can't back out of it.
2		ér 而 nán hái 男孩 jiù 就 huì 会 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退。 And the boy would retreat.
3		wǒ 我 zhī dào 知道 shì 是 shí hou 时候 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退 le 了。 I know I should give up.
4		hòu lái 后来 wǒ 我 zhōng yú 终于 zuò dào 做到 ràng 让 tā 她 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退， yīn wèi 因为 wǒ 我 lí kāi le 离开了。 Later I made her shrink back from difficulties at last, because I had left.
5		tā 他 jiù 就 bǎ 把 nóng fū 农夫 de 的 tián dì 田地 biàn de 变得 hěn 很 yìng 硬， ràng 让 nóng fū 农夫 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退。 He took the farmer's fields become very hard, let the farmer finish rolling.

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1		nǐ 你 bù néng 不能 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退。 You can't back out of it.
2		ér 而 nán hái 男孩 jiù 就 huì 会 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退。 And the boy would retreat.
3		wǒ 我 zhī dào 知道 shì 是 shí hou 时候 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退 le 了。 I know I should give up.
4		hòu lái 后来 wǒ 我 zhōng yú 终于 zuò dào 做到 ràng 让 tā 她 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退， yīn wèi 因为 wǒ 我 lí kāi le 离开了。 Later I made her shrink back from difficulties at last, because I had left.
5		tā 他 jiù 就 bǎ 把 nóng fū 农夫 de 的 tián dì 田地 biàn de 变得 hěn 很 yìng 硬， ràng 让 nóng fū 农夫 zhī nán ér tuì 知难而退。 He took the farmer's fields become very hard, let the farmer finish rolling.

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