打退

dǎtuì
  1. to beat back
  2. to repel
  3. to repulse

CEDICT

to beat back; to beat off; to repulse

Wiktionary

  1. 趕走、驅逐。
  2. 取消、消除。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 退 tuì
  1. to retreat; to withdraw
  2. to reject; to return (sth)
  3. to decline

Containing this entry

打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ
  1. lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. fig. to give up
  3. to turn tail

Related entries

擊退 jītuì
  1. to beat back
  2. to repel
推卻 tuīquè
  1. to repel
  2. to decline
拒 jù
  1. to resist
  2. to repel
  3. to refuse
贈 zèng
  1. to give as a present
  2. to repel
  3. to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
獲人贈馬，休看馬口。

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Source: Tatoeba

趕跑 gǎnpǎo
  1. to drive away
  2. to force out
  3. to repel
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