汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
退避三舍 (退避三捨)
lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength / a strategic withdrawal
舍 In ancient times, marching tested in thirty miles / Actively retreats for 90 miles / Demolition and avoidance, avoid conflicts
让步 退让 退避 畏缩 畏罪 畏首畏尾 畏缩不前 畏难
锋芒毕露 以眼还眼，以牙还牙
舍古时行军计程以三十里为一舍。主动退让九十里。比喻退让和回避，避免冲突。
退 tuì 避 bì 三 sān 舍 shě/shè
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

你总是退避三舍吗？

Do you always back off?

他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。

The barb of his wit made us wince.

明智在于懂得何时应退避三舍，何时应迎难而上。

Wisdom consists in learning when to evade and when to oppose head-on.

他非但没有公开向投资者们大献殷勤，而是假装对他们退避三舍。

Instead of openly courting investors, he pretended to fend them off.

须臾之际，我们会略作狂想，但是一旦要给这样一个离奇幻物填充大量细节，则退避三舍。

We can give it a momentary thought, but we balk at filling in much detail on so whimsical a fantasy.

小得不能再小的蚂蚁是如何让大象退避三舍的呢？毕竟大象要比它们大约十亿倍。

How can teeny, tiny ants repel a big old elephant, which is, after all, about a billion times more massive?

楚成王收留并款待他，他许诺如晋楚发生战争晋军将退避三舍(一舍为三十里)。

ChuCheng king shelter and feasted him, as he promised JinChu war jin will wince (a shekel for three miles). Later in ChongEr QinMu male under the help of the ruling.

而那些更为进步的党派深知民众对他有多失望，丑闻的多项指控让他有多名誉扫地，所有这些都将使他们对小泽退避三舍。

More progressive parties, knowing how much the public despairs of him and how tainted he is by the allegations of scandal, might give him a wide berth as well.

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