MEANING/意义
    下台
      
      
  • xià tái
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    leave office; to step down; fall from power; to fall from power; step down from the stage; (often used in the negative)  get out of an embarrassing situation
    Type verb/动词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 前内阁在去年下台。
      
      
    qián nèi gé zài qù nián xià tái .
      
    sound for pinyin
    The previous cabinet went out of power last year.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 下台阶
      
    xià tái jiē
      
    sound for pinyin
    have one more or less graceful way to back out of an embarrassing situation
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