退休

Every meaning

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• 老人告诉她，他姓马，退休以前是中学老师，女儿去国外已经八年了。

  长寿面 · Long-life noodles · HSK 3

• 爷爷当了三十年警察，退休十年了。

  豆腐不见了 · The cat that didn’t come home · HSK 3

• 陈老师当了三十八年的语文老师，今年六月，终于退休了。

  陈老师的新名单 · The retired teacher: a Chinese short story · HSK 4

Its characters

• 退tuìto retreat; to move back
• 休xiūto rest (as in 休息)

Words with 退

• 退出tuìchūto exit
• 退还tuìhuánto refund
• 后退hòutuìto step back
• 退税tuìshuìtax refund
• 撤退chètuìto retreat
• 辞退cítuìto dismiss
• 倒退dàotuìto go backward
• 减退jiǎntuìto decline

Words with 休

• 休息xiūxito rest
• 休假xiūjiàto take a vacation
• 休闲xiūxiánleisure
• 罢休bàxiūto give up
• 休克xiūkè(med.) shock
• 休眠xiūmiándormancy
• 休想xiūxiǎngdon't even think about it
• 休养xiūyǎngto rest and recuperate