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thoái lui

Pronunciation Northern /tʰwaːj˧˥ luj˧˧/ Central /tʰwa̰ːj˩˧ luj˧˥/ Southern /tʰwaːj˧˥ luj˧˧/
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retreat
Verb
retreat
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
retreat Core ActionsTheme

To move back or away from a position, often due to danger or strategic decision.

vi Đội quân đã thoái lui để bảo toàn lực lượng.

en The army retreated to preserve its forces.

Parts
thoái / lui / 腿𨙝
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Components

Components

thoái lui
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
腿𨙝
Candidates by syllable
thoái 腿（退） lui 𨙝
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
thoái / lùi / rút lui / lùi bước …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Starts with this word

thoái trào/thoái hóa/thoái bộ/thoái nhiệt/thoái ngũ

Ends with this word

trở lui/tháo lui/tới lui/đẩy lui/cáo lui

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retreat vi: thoái lui / ja: 撤退 / WordNet aligned
Use
thoái hoá / suy thoái / tiến thoái lưỡng nan / thoái vị …
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thoái (retreat) — words using
lui (recede) — words using
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