"退一步" meaning in All languages combined

See 退一步 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 退一步
  1. (literal, figurative) to take a step back Tags: figuratively Derived forms: 退一步海闊天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng), 退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng)
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "退一步",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
          "word": "退一步海闊天空"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
          "word": "退一步海阔天空"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take a step back"
      ],
      "id": "en-退一步-zh-verb-MYdh6sk9",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, figurative) to take a step back"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuì yī bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuì yī bù [Phonetic: tuì yí bù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuì yibù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuèi yi̊ bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "twèi yi bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuey i buh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuj i bu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "туй и бу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "teui yāt bouh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "têu³ yed¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "退一步"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
      "word": "退一步海闊天空"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng",
      "word": "退一步海阔天空"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "退一步",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 步",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 退",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take a step back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, figurative) to take a step back"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuì yī bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuì yī bù [Phonetic: tuì yí bù"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuì yibù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuèi yi̊ bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻui⁴ i⁵ pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "twèi yi bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuey i buh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuj i bu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "туй и бу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i¹ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "teui yāt bouh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "têu³ yed¹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "退一步"
}

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