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Jyutping dou2 teoi3
Pinyin dào tuì

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    成績​下降
    to go backwards; to retrogress; to fall back
    • 今年經濟唔好,營業額倒退咗好多。
      今年经济唔好,营业额倒退咗好多。
      gam1 nin4 ging1 zai3 m4 hou2, jing4 jip6 ngaak2 dou2 teoi3 zo2 hou2 do1
      The economy is not good this year. Sales have been down a lot.

退 [--]

Jyutping dou3 teoi3
Pinyin dào tuì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to fall back
  2. to go in reverse
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to fall back; to go backwards; to regress; to retreat
    (syn.) 退后, 退後
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这不是进步,而是倒退。
    這不是進步,而是倒退。
    zhè bu shì jìn bù , ér shì dào tuì 。
    • It is not progress but regression.
  2. Mandarin
    吉利马札罗火山是非洲最高的山。它壮丽的雪景吸引来自全世界的登山客。近年来因为全球暖化使得山顶的雪线逐年倒退。
    吉利馬札羅火山是非洲最高的山。它壯麗的雪景吸引來自全世界的登山客。近年來因為全球暖化使得山頂的雪線逐年倒退。
    jí lì mǎ zhá luó huǒ shān shì fēi zhōu zuì gāo de shān 。 tā zhuàng lì de xuě jǐng xī yǐn lái zì quán shì jiè de dēng shān kè 。 jìn nián lái yīn wèi quán qiú nuǎn huà shǐ de shān dǐng de xuě xiàn zhú nián dào tuì 。
    • Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Its majestic snowy landscape attracts mountaineers from across the world. In recent times, the snowline at its peak has been retreating year-on-year owing to global warming.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    今年经济唔好,营业额倒退咗好多。
    今年經濟唔好,營業額倒退咗好多。
    gam1 nin4 ging1 zai3 m4 hou2, jing4 jip6 ngaak2 dou2 teoi3 zo2 hou2 do1
    • The economy is not good this year. Sales have been down a lot.
  2. Cantonese
    中世纪嘅欧洲人唔多信巫术,但系去到 15 世纪打后𠮶几个世纪反而搞猎巫,真系一种倒退。
    中世紀嘅歐洲人唔多信巫術,但係去到 15 世紀打後嗰幾個世紀反而搞獵巫,真係一種倒退。
    yue:中世紀嘅歐洲人唔多信巫術,但係去到 15 世紀打後嗰幾個世紀反而搞獵巫,真係一種倒退。
    • Europeans didn't believe in witchcraft much during Medieval Era, but started doing witch hunts in 15th century and the several centuries that followed. It was a regression.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我们希望我国的知识分子继续前进,在自己的工作和学习的过程中,逐步地树立共产主义的世界观,逐步地学好马克思列宁主义,逐步地同工人农民打成一片,而不要中途停顿,更不要向后倒退,倒退是没有出路的。
    我們希望我國的知識分子繼續前進,在自己的工作和學習的過程中,逐步地樹立共產主義的世界觀,逐步地學好馬克思列寧主義,逐步地同工人農民打成一片,而不要中途停頓,更不要向後倒退,倒退是沒有出路的。
    wǒ men xī wàng wǒ guó de zhī shi fèn zǐ jì xù qián jìn , zài zì jǐ de gōng zuò hé xué xí de guò chéng zhōng , zhú bù de shù lì gòng chǎn zhǔ yì de shì jiè guān , zhú bù de xué hǎo mǎ kè sī - liè níng zhǔ yì , zhú bù de tóng gōng rén nóng mín dǎ chéng yī piàn , ér bù yào zhōng tú tíng dùn , gèng bù yào xiàng hòu dào tuì , dào tuì shì méi yǒu chū lù de .
    • We hope that they will continue to make progress and that in the course of work and study they will gradually acquire the communist world outlook, grasp Marxism-Leninism and become integrated with the workers and peasants. We hope they will not stop halfway, or, what is worse, slide back, for there will be no future for them in going backwards.
  2. Mandarin
    按照政治标准来说,一切利于抗日和团结的,鼓励群众同心同德的,反对倒退、促成进步的东西,便都是好的;而一切不利于抗日和团结的,鼓动群众离心离德的,反对进步、拉着人们倒退的东西,便都是坏的。
    按照政治標準來説,一切利於抗日和團結的,鼓勵羣眾同心同德的,反對倒退、促成進步的東西,便都是好的;而一切不利於抗日和團結的,鼓動羣眾離心離德的,反對進步、拉着人們倒退的東西,便都是壞的。
    àn zhào zhèng zhì biāo zhǔn lái shuō , yī qiè lì yú kàng rì hé tuán jié de , gǔ lì qún zhòng tóng xīn tóng dé de , fǎn duì dào tuì , cù chéng jìn bù de dōng xi , biàn dōu shì hǎo de ; ér yī qiè bù lì yú kàng rì hé tuán jié de , gǔ dòng qún zhòng lí xīn lí dé de , fǎn duì jìn bù , lā zhe rén men dào tuì de dōng xi , biàn dōu shì huài de .
    • According to the political criterion, everything is good that is helpful to unity and resistance to Japan, that encourages the masses to be of one heart and one mind, that opposes retrogression and promotes progress; on the other hand, everything is bad that is detrimental to unity and resistance to Japan, foments dissension and discord among the masses and opposes progress and drags people back.