坍台

méi yǒu zhù míng yǎn yuán jù tuán jiù yào tān tái

没有著名演员，剧团就要坍台。

The troupe is likely to go out of business without eminent actors or actresses.

rú guǒ méi yǒu tā gōng sī hěn kuài jiù huì tān tái

如果没有他，公司很快就会坍台。

If it had not been for him, the company would have gone bankrupt.

yī dǔ tān tái de qiáng yā zài mái yù jīn xiāng de dì fang fù gài zhù le nà xiē qiú gēn

一堵坍台的墙压在埋郁金香的地方，覆盖住了那些球根。

An unstable wall had collapsed on the spot, covering the bulbs.

dāng zhòng tān tái

当众坍台

be disgraced in public

tā zhè me zuò shì zì jǐ tān tái

他这么做是自己坍台。

He is just embarrassing himself by doing this.

tā zài tā men de yǎn li shì tān tái le

他在他们的眼里是坍台了。

He was degraded in their eyes.