一退六二五
Chinese
- one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
six two five simp. and trad.
(一退六二五)一 退 六 二 五 Literally: “push back one (column of digits) and .625”.
Alternative forms
- 一推六二五 (yī tuī liù èr wǔ)
Etymology
Originally an abacus formula (珠算口訣) for converting between hexadecimal and decimal systems of weights, meaning 1/16 = .0625.
Pun on 退 (tuì, “push back”) → 推 (tuī, “evade”).
Pronunciation
Idiom
一退六二五
- to evade (or deny) all responsibility