Definition & Meaning

1.degenerate; retrograde; retrogress

2.deteriorate; (of a good thing) turn or become bad; become worse

Word usage

Words with tui hua

tuì huà

退 化

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1
v.degenerate; retrograde; retrogress
- jī néng tuì huà
  机能退化
  functional retrogradation
- tǔ dòu zhòng le jǐ nián zhī hòu jiù huì tuì huà
  土豆种了几年之后就会退化。
  After a few years' planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
- mǎ líng shǔ tuì huà
  马铃薯退化
  potato degeneration
antonym
jìn huà进化
2
v.deteriorate; (of a good thing) turn or become bad; become worse
- shè huì fēng qì tuì huà
  社会风气退化
  degrading social morals
- chéng shí bù gāi tuì huà wéi jiǎn dān ér ruì zhì yě bù gāi tuì huà wéi jiǎo zhà
  诚实不该退化为简单，而睿智也不该退化为狡诈。
  Sincerity should not degenerate into simplicity nor sagacity into cunng.
synonym
shuāi tuì衰退
antonym
jìn huà进化

Word usage

Note
"退化" is different from "蜕化". "退化" generally refers to things changing from good to bad, and from good to bad; and "蜕化" means change and evolution.

Chinese words with pinyin tui hua

tuì huà蜕化slough off; degenerate

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