"Decline" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jù jué to refuse / to decline / to reject
退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics)
 tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
 què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
退 tuì to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
 xià huá to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline
 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline
 diē fú decline (in value) / extent of a drop
 zǒu dī to go down / to decline
 dī luò downcast / gloomy / to decline / to get worse
 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop
退 jiǎn tuì to ebb / to go down / to decline
 mò luò to decline / to wane
 xià cuò (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
 huá pō rockslide / landslip / landslide / mudslide / fig. slump / downturn / to decline
 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill
 shuāi bài to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate
 tuí shì decline (in fortune)
 shuāi wáng to decline / to die out / decline and fall
 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt
 shuāi wēi to decline / to wane / weakened / enfeebled / in decline
 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt
 tuī què to repel / to decline
 wēi tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 xiè to thank / to apologize / to wither (of flowers, leaves etc) / to decline
 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / to take leave / ballad (archaic poetic genre) / variant of 詞|词[ci2]
 shuāi to decline / to wane / to become weak or feeble
 wěi to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1]
 zè afternoon / decline
 zǒu xià pō lù to go downhill / to decline / to slump
 jī ruò cumulative weakness / to decline (over time) / degeneration
 shì wēi (literary) to decline / to wane / title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1]
 bì huán return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
 bì xiè decline (a gift) with thanks
 líng yí to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 陵夷
 qū zhé yǔ to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate
 xiè què to decline / to refuse politely
 líng yí to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 凌夷
 xīng shuāi prosperity and decline (of a kingdom) / rise and fall
 bù zhì kě fǒu decline to comment / not express an opinion / be noncommittal / hedge
 Mǎn Qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)
 ruì jiǎn steep decline
 pò bài to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
 wǎn jù to tactfully decline / to turn down gracefully
 qiān ràng to modestly decline
 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
 shèng shuāi to flourish then decline / rise and fall
 xiè kè to decline to meet a visitor / to express one's gratitude to one's guests
 jìng xiè bù mǐn please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline
退 tuì xí to absent oneself from a meeting / to decline to attend
 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
 cí xiè to decline gratefully
 qiān cí humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom) / in terminal decline / at a dead end
西 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
 shuāi yùn decline in fortunes
 dǎo zào to fall (from power) / in decline / unlucky
 zài shuāi sān jié weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom) / in terminal decline / on one's last legs
 guó shì rì shuāi national decline
 wǎn cí tactful expression / to politely decline
 kěn cí to decline with sincere thanks
 zhú jiàn shuāi luò to decline gradually
 rén kǒu jiǎn shǎo population decline
  water-table decline
  enigmatic decline species
  fertility decline
 yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāi from prosperity to decline / at its peak before the decline
 dǎng jià to decline to receive a visitor / to turn sb away
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