退避三舍 tuìbìsānshè to give way Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 退避三舍 tuìbìsānshè to give way (idiom) to retreat ninety 里 lǐ in order to avoid a conflict; to give way or shun an opponent to avoid a head-on confrontation Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.346 per million Cross-References Synonym 辟君三舍 bìjūnsānshèAntonym 周旋到底 zhōuxuándàodǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
退避三舍 tuìbìsānshè to give way (idiom) to retreat ninety 里 lǐ in order to avoid a conflict; to give way or shun an opponent to avoid a head-on confrontation Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.346 per million Cross-References Synonym 辟君三舍 bìjūnsānshèAntonym 周旋到底 zhōuxuándàodǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
