Definition

Examples

• 下午三点左右，海水开始退潮。
  Xiàwǔ sān diǎn zuǒyòu, hǎishuǐ kāishǐ tuì cháo.
  Around three in the afternoon, the seawater began to ebb.
• 这种款式已经退潮了，现在流行的是另一种。
  Zhè zhǒng kuǎnshì yǐjīng tuì cháo le, xiànzài liúxíng de shì lìng yì zhǒng.
  This style has already declined; another style is popular now.
• 曾经的热潮如今已退潮，大家不再关注那件事。
  Céngjīng de rècháo rújīn yǐ tuì cháo, dàjiā bú zài guānzhù nà jiàn shì.
  The former craze has now waned, and people no longer pay attention to that matter.