粵

退teoi3讓joeng6

simp退让
teoi3 joeng6tuì ràng

English

  1. to move aside
  2. to get out of the way
  3. to back down
  4. to concede
  5. to make concessions; to step back or give way in favor of someone else.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (喺某啲鬥爭入面)改變姿態,變到冇咁積極爭利益。

Examples

  • 做人喺某啲情況要識得退讓。

    To conduct oneself in society, one should know to step back in certain situations.

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

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