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退休

tuì xiū

HSK 3 · word 1965 of 3,000

Meaning

• to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

Example sentence

Characters in 退休

• 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw
• 休 xiū to rest, to stop

退 to withdraw plus 休, to rest. Withdrawing to rest, hence to retire.

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