退居
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Chinese[edit]
retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw |
reside | ||
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trad. (退居) | 退 | 居 | |
simp. #(退居) | 退 | 居 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
退居
- (literary) to retire from public service; to live in seclusion (away from court)
- (literary) to withdraw; to conceal oneself
Synonyms[edit]
- 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
- 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
- 幽棲/幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
- 杜門/杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
- 臥/卧 (wò) (literary)
- 臥雲/卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
- 豹隱/豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
- 辭世/辞世 (císhì) (literary)
- 退隱/退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
- 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
- 遁跡/遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
- 避世 (bìshì)
- 閉門/闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
- 隱居/隐居 (yǐnjū)
- 隱逸/隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)