找台阶儿
zhǎo​tái​jiē​r

to find an excuse

  • created reference approved 找台阶儿/找台階兒 → 找台阶/找臺階 (erhua_variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    找台阶儿 / 找台階兒 zhǎo​tái​jiē​r

    找台阶 / 找臺階 zhǎo​tái​jiē

    erhua_variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 找台阶儿/找台階兒 · zhǎo​tái​jiē​r · to find an excuse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    找台阶儿 / 找台階兒

    zhǎo​tái​jiē​r

    to find an excuse

    to look for a pretext or an excuse to get out of an awkward or embarrassing situation

    找, 台阶儿

    找 (literal) → 找 · zhǎo · to look for 台 (literal) → 台/臺 · tái · platform 阶 (bound) → 阶/階 · jiē · stairs 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense