退而求其次 Save Sign in to save words tuìérqiúqícì ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˋ to settle for second best the next best thing Character by character 退(tuì)retreat 而(ér)and 求(qiú)seek 其(qí)his 次(cì)next in sequence A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0