The invention discloses an emission reduction method for retained 
waste gas in a 
diesel engine in a 
Miller cycle. As the phase position design is performed for an admission 
cam, an intake valve of the 
diesel engine is closed in the ascending process of a 
piston, and part gas entering a cylinder is pushed into an intake 
pipe to realize the delayed-closing type 
Miller cycle working process of the intake valve of the 
diesel engine; and as the phase position design is performed for an exhaust 
cam, an 
exhaust valve is closed beforehand, so that part burnt 
waste gas is retained in the cylinder, and is mixed with fresh 
mixed gas to participate in the next circulating 
combustion. The diesel engine solves the difficulty of excessive impulse temperature in the cylinder in a traditional IEGR technology; compared with an EEGR technology, the method can be applied to various complex working conditions, is wider in adaptability and lower in cost, and can achieve better emission reduction efficiency; and compared with a traditional IEGR technology under a 
diesel cycle, the method has the characteristics of reducing the temperature of the gas in the cylinder after the adiabatic compression, facilitates to improve the high-temperature environment in the cylinder, weakens the 
NOx generation, and achieves the 
NOx emission reduction effect which can not be achieved by the single IEGR technology.