but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
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(lit. and fig.) to cool
to retreat / to shrink back
coolant
to refuse would be impolite
but on the contrary / but unexpectedly
just now
nevertheless / actually / the fact is ...
to step back
to resolve / to settle
to live out one's life / to die
cooling tower
cooling water (in a reactor)
unable to refuse because of affection
to discard
to repel / to decline
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
(lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / (fig.) to be deterred
to save / to get rid of (so saving space)
to decline / to refuse politely
(literary) to put out of one's mind / to forget
(literary) to ward off illness / to cure illness
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27