Tom has just retired.
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退休
tuì xiū
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tuì xiū · teoi3 jau1 (Jyutping)
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
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Character breakdown
退
- Meaning
- step back, retreat, withdraw
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿺辶艮
- Cangjie
- YAV
- Four-corner
- 3730.3
休
- Meaning
- rest, stop; retire; do not!
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰亻木
- Cangjie
- OD
- Four-corner
- 2429.0
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Example sentences
Tom should retire.
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