退步
teoi3 bou6tui4bu4tuì bù
English
- to do less well than before
- (verb) Drop (in grades)
- to make a concession
- setback
- backward step
- leeway
- room to maneuver
- fallback
- to fall behind; to retrogress; to regress
粵語 — Cantonese
- 進步得唔夠其他人快，差過之前
Examples
社會唔係進步緊，而係退步緊。
Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
社會不是在進步，而是在退步。
Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
你今個學期啲成績退步咗喎！
Your performance in this semester has regressed!
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk