退避三捨

tui4 bi4 san1 she4

lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength, a strategic withdrawal

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退避三捨|退避三舍 [tuì bì sān shè] ► lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength ► a strategic withdrawal