退避三舍 — Chinese idiom
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
Meaning
- (lit.) to retreat ninety li
- (fig.) to shun; to assiduously avoid
Character by character
- 退tuìto retreat, to step back, to withdraw
- 避bìto avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
- 三sānthree
- 舍shèhouse, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon,
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知进退 bù zhī jìn tuì
- 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì
- 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ
- 知难而退 zhī nán ér tuì
- 临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō
- 进退不得 jìn tuì bù dé
- 进退两难 jìn tuì liǎng nán
- 进退失据 jìn tuì shī jù
- 进退为难 jìn tuì wéi nán
- 进退无路 jìn tuì wú lù
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