| 退避三舍 |
tuì bì - sān shè |
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid |
| 退 |
tuì |
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline |
| 退避 |
tuì bì |
to withdraw |
| 避 |
bì |
to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 舍 |
shě |
to give up; to abandon / to give alms |
| 舍 |
Shè |
surname She |
| 舍 |
shě |
old variant of 舍 |
| 舍 |
shè |
(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里 |