退 (tuì): meaning and stroke order

退 in our stories

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• 洪水终于退了，百姓能重新种地、盖房子。人们感激他，后来推举他做了首领。

  hóngshuǐ zhōngyú tuì le bǎixìng néng chóngxīn zhòng dì gài fángzi rénmen gǎnjī tā hòulái tuījǔ tā zuò le shǒulǐng

  At last the flood receded, and people could farm and build again. They were so grateful that they later chose him as their leader.

  From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

• 大火灭了，洪水退了，人们终于又过上了平静的日子。

  dàhuǒ miè le hóngshuǐ tuì le rénmen zhōngyú yòu guò shàng le píngjìng de rìzi

  The fires went out, the floods receded, and people could at last live in peace again.

  From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 就在这时，老鲁放慢脚步，退到她身边：“别想还剩十二公里，只想下一根路灯。跑到那儿，再想下一根。”

  jiù zài zhèshí Lǎo Lǔ fàngmàn jiǎobù tuì dào tā shēnbiān bié xiǎng hái shèng shí'èr gōnglǐ zhǐ xiǎng xià yì gēn lùdēng pǎo dào nàr zài xiǎng xià yì gēn

  Just then Old Lu slowed and dropped back beside her: "Don't think about the twelve kilometres left. Think only about the next lamp post. When you get there, think about the next one."

  From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9