created sense approved 退缩/退縮 · tuìsuō · to shrink back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
退缩 / 退縮
tuìsuō
to shrink back
to shrink back or flinch; to cower or retreat from a difficult or frightening situation; to balk
退 (literal) → 退 · tuì · to retreat 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to recoil
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition