Definition & Meaning

leave (a theatre, arena, sports ground, etc.); (of atheletes) withdraw from the arena (as after the opening ceremony); (of an audience) leave the theatre (as when a play ends)

Word usage

tuì chǎng

退 场

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v.leave (a theatre, arena, sports ground, etc.); (of atheletes) withdraw from the arena (as after the opening ceremony); (of an audience) leave the theatre (as when a play ends)
- diàn yǐng jié shù hòu guān zhòng fēn fēn tuì chǎng
  电影结束后，观众纷纷退场。
  When the movie was over, the audience filed out the cinema.
- yǎn yuán tuì chǎng
  演员退场。
  The actors walked off.
- yùn dòng yuán tuì chǎng
  运动员退场。
  The athletes left the arena.
- nǚ zhǔ jué zài rè liè de zhǎng shēng zhōng tuì chǎng
  女主角在热烈的掌声中退场。
  The heroine made her exit to great applause.
- nà chū xì hěn zāo gāo yǎn le bàn xiǎo shí wǒ men jiù tuì chǎng le
  那出戏很糟糕，演了半小时我们就退场了。
  The play was awful and we walked out after half an hour.
antonym
chū chǎng出场 shàng chǎng上场 dēng chǎng登场 rù chǎng入场

Word usage

Separable word
"退" and "场" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 昨晚演员几点退的场？
  What time did the actor bow out last night?
- 演出完毕，演员们纷纷退了场。
  At the end of the performance, the actors bowed out.

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