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勸hyun3退teoi3

simp劝退
hyun3 teoi3quàn tuì

English

  1. to try to persuade sb to withdraw (from a job, candidacy, school etc)
  2. to give pressure to somebody else to resign; to ask or suggest somebody to resign

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 勸人退出某個組織;逼人哋辭職;要求或者提議人哋辭職

Examples

  • 淑華說她明年想出國打工,結果被家人勸退。

    Shu-hwa said she wanted to work abroad next year, but her family talked her out of it.

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  • 勸阻某個人做某啲事

    to dissuade somebody from doing something

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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