找台阶儿 (找台階兒)
zhǎo tái jiē r5
Pinyin

Definition

找台阶儿 (找台階兒)
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zhǎo tái jiē r5
  1. to find an excuse
  2. to look for a pretext

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

台
Tái
  1. 1 Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. 2 surname Tai
台湾
Tái wān
  1. 1 variant: 台湾 Tái wān
寻找
xún zhǎo
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
找
zhǎo
  1. 1 to try to find
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to call on sb
  4. 4 to find
  5. 5 to seek
  6. 6 to return
  7. 7 to give change
找到
zhǎo dào
  1. 1 to find

Idioms (12)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt