倒退

dàotuì

verb #13,692

Meanings

1 to fall back
2 to go in reverse
3 to regress

Characters

to reverse; backwards

to retreat; to withdraw

Examples

经济发展不能倒退。

jīngjì fāzhǎn bù néng dàotuì.

Economic development cannot go backwards.

Tips

usage

倒退 can be physical (stepping backward) or figurative (regression, going back to an earlier state). It implies a negative direction.

Stroke Order

倒 dào

退 tuì