退学

退學

tuìxué

verb HSK 7-9 #8,341

Meanings

Withdraw + school - to leave school before graduating.

HSK 1

他大二的时候退学了。

Tā dà'èr de shíhou tuìxué le.

He dropped out in his second year of college.

HSK 3

因为家里经济困难，她不得不退学。

Yīnwèi jiālǐ jīngjì kùnnán, tā bùdébù tuìxué.

Because of financial difficulties at home, she had to drop out.

HSK 5

很多成功人士年轻时退过学。

Hěnduō chénggōng rénshì niánqīng shí tuì guò xué.

Many successful people dropped out when they were young.

grammar

退学 is a verb-object compound. When inserting 了 or 过 between the parts, split it: 退了学, 退过学. But 退学了 (as a whole + 了) is also natural.

退 tuì

学 xué