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退一步

退一步

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	one; 1; single one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (退一步)		退	一	步

Verb

退一步

to take a step back (literally or figuratively)