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找台阶
zhǎo​tái​jiē

to find an out

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

找台阶/ 找臺階 zhǎo​tái​jiē to find an out

To find an excuse or a way out of an embarrassing situation to save face.

References

variant 找台阶/找臺階 → 找台阶下/找臺階下
erhua_variant 找台阶儿/找台階兒 → 找台阶/找臺階
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