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急流勇退

急流勇退

Chinese

rapid stream; rapid; torrent
simp. and trad.
(急流勇退)
急流 勇退

Idiom

急流勇退

  1. withdrawing (receding, drawing back) while ahead (often so as to avoid disaster, etc.)
    山口百惠急流勇退 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Shānkǒu Bǎihuì de jíliúyǒngtuì [Pinyin]
    Momoe Yamaguchi's retirement at the height of her career