倒退

dàotuì

verb HSK 7-9 #13,692

Meanings

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

Characters

to reverse; backwards

to retreat; to withdraw

Examples

HSK 4

经济发展不能倒退。

Jīngjì fāzhǎn bùnéng 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 dǎo

退 tuì