Definition & Meaning

1.retire from public life into private one; live in seclusion

2.(of film or TV actors) stop acting in films; retire from acting

xī yǐng

息 影

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1
v.fmlretire from public life into private one; live in seclusion
- xī yǐng xiāng jiān
  息影乡间
  go into seclusion in the countryside
- xī yǐng zuò huà
  息影作画
  live in solitude to devote oneself to painting
2
v.(of film or TV actors) stop acting in films; retire from acting
- xī yǐng yíng píng
  息影荧屏
  retire from the screen
- zhè wèi diàn yǐng míng xīng jì huà pāi wán zhè bù yǐng piàn hòu jiù xī yǐng
  这位电影明星计划拍完这部影片后就息影。
  This movie star plans to quit films after shooting this film.

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