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