🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

退休

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tuìxiù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Retire/rɪˈtaɪər/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2150 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我叔叔打算明年退休。"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    Leave one's job and cease to work, typically upon reaching the normal age for leaving service.

    "He decided to retire at the age of sixty-five."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century (in the sense 'go away to a place of privacy'): from French retirer, from re- (expressing backward movement) + tirer 'to draw'.

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