退避三舍 tuìbìsānshè retreat Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 退避三舍 tuìbìsānshè retreat idiom to retreat ninety li as a historical military gesture of respect or strategy to avoid conflict shun idiom to assiduously avoid or keep a distance from someone or something, often out of fear or respect Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.346 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
退避三舍 tuìbìsānshè retreat idiom to retreat ninety li as a historical military gesture of respect or strategy to avoid conflict shun idiom to assiduously avoid or keep a distance from someone or something, often out of fear or respect Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.346 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
