Ninchanese
Login Sign up

Ninchanese is the best way to learn Chinese.
Try it for free.

Sign me up
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

知难而退 (知難而退)

zhī nán ér tuì

Definition

  1. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
  2. to get out on finding out what it's really like

Character Decomposition

知
=
矢
+
口
难
=
又
+
隹
而
=
丆
+
？
退
=
辶
+
艮

Oh noes!

An error occured, please reload the page.
Don't hesitate to report a feedback if you have internet!

You are disconnected!

We have not been able to load the page.
Please check your internet connection and retry.
Retry