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下臺階

下臺階

See also: 下台阶 and 下台階

Chinese

 
under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
 flight of steps
trad. (下臺階/下台階) 下 臺階/台階
simp. (下台阶) 下 台阶
Literally: “a staircase to go down from the stage”.

Noun

下臺階

  1. a chance to not lose face
    給他一個下臺階吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    给他一个下台阶吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Gěi tā yīge xiàtáijiē ba. [Pinyin]
    Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.

Pronunciation

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