but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
Headword or pronunciation却
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(lit. and fig.) to cool
Headword or pronunciation冷却
to retreat / to shrink back
Headword or pronunciation退却
coolant
Headword or pronunciation冷却剂
to resolve / to settle
Headword or pronunciation了却
to live out one's life / to die
Headword or pronunciation了却此生
cooling tower
Headword or pronunciation冷却塔
cooling water (in a reactor)
Headword or pronunciation冷却水
to refuse would be impolite
Headword or pronunciation却之不恭
but on the contrary / but unexpectedly
Headword or pronunciation却倒
just now
Headword or pronunciation却才
nevertheless / actually / the fact is ...
Headword or pronunciation却是
to step back
Headword or pronunciation却步
unable to refuse because of affection
Headword or pronunciation情不可却
to discard
Headword or pronunciation抛却
to repel / to decline
Headword or pronunciation推却
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
Headword or pronunciation曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
(lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / (fig.) to be deterred
Headword or pronunciation望而却步
to save / to get rid of (so saving space)
Headword or pronunciation省却
to decline / to refuse politely
Headword or pronunciation谢却
(literary) to put out of one's mind / to forget
Headword or pronunciation忘却
(literary) to ward off illness / to cure illness
Headword or pronunciation却病
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