找台阶
zhǎo​tái​jiē

to find an out

  • created reference approved 找台阶/找臺階 → 找台阶下/找臺階下 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    找台阶 / 找臺階 zhǎo​tái​jiē

    找台阶下 / 找臺階下 zhǎo​tái​jiē​xià

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 找台阶/找臺階 · zhǎo​tái​jiē · to find an out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    找, 台阶

    找 (literal) → 找 · zhǎo · to look for 台阶 (literal) → 台阶/臺階 · tái​jiē · way out

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

    created sense