# 退却 (tuìquè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 退却 (tuìquè) means “to retreat; to shrink back; to flinch”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to retreat; to shrink back; to flinch
- Pinyin: tuìquè (tui4 que4)
- Traditional: 退卻
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 面对困难，我们决不能退却。
  Miànduì kùnnan, wǒmen juébù néng tuìquè.
  We must never shrink back in the face of difficulties.

## Characters

- [退](https://hanziro.com/word/tui-retreat/) (tuì): to retreat; to reject
- [却](https://hanziro.com/word/que-but-yet-however/) (què): (adv.) but, yet, however

https://hanziro.com/word/tui-que-retreat/

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