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急流勇退 (gap1 lau4 jung5 teoi3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

急流勇退 (gap1 lau4 jung5 teoi3, jí liú yǒng tuì) — verb; step down at the height of the career; to leave off while the play is good; to quit while you are ahead

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 急不及待 (gap1 bat1 kap6 doi6) — too excited to wait; too urgent to wait
• 急凍 (gap1 dung3) — adj; to freeze
• 急凍食物 (gap1 dung3 sik6 mat6) — noun; frozen food
• 急到爆缸 (gap1 dou3 baau3 gong1) — lit. feel like bursting when one is extremly urging for use of toilet, meaning …
• 急口令 (gap1 hau2 ling6) — tongue twister
• 急就章 (gap1 zau6 zoeng1) — Improvisation; to finish in a haste

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