消退

xiāotuì
  1. to wane
  2. to vanish gradually

CEDICT

to wane; to vanish gradually; to fade away; to regress

Wiktionary

逐漸消失、退去。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 消 xiāo
  1. to diminish; to subside
  2. to consume; to reduce
  3. to idle away (the time)
  4. (after 不 bù or 只 zhǐ or 何 hé etc) to need; to require; to take
2 退 tuì
  1. to retreat; to withdraw
  2. to reject; to return (sth)
  3. to decline

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式微 shìwēi
  1. (literary) to decline
  2. to wane
  3. title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經 Shījīng
那個男人大聲咆哮，但她訓練有素的客服式微笑始終沒有消退。

The man ranted and raved, but her well practiced customer service smile remained unflinching.

Source: Tatoeba

月虧 yuèkuī
  1. waning moon
  2. to wane
沒落 mòluò
  1. to decline
  2. to wane
衰敗 shuāibài
  1. to decline
  2. to wane
  3. to decay
  4. to deteriorate
近几年，很多当地的传统都衰败了。

Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.

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虧缺 kuīquē
  1. to be lacking
  2. to fall short of
  3. to wane
  4. deficit
  5. deficient
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