Definition & Meaning

1.step down from a stage/platform

2.fall from power; leave office; step down

3.get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation

Word usage

xià tái

下 台

Level:

NHSK 789－3 SW HSK 5

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1
v.step down from a stage/platform
- yī gè nán ren xià tái yíng jiē tā men
  一个男人下台迎接他们。
  A man came down from the platform to meet them.
antonym
shàng tái上台 dēng tái登台
2
v.metafall from power; leave office; step down
- qián nèi gé xià tái le
  前内阁下台了。
  The previous cabinet went out of power.
- zhǐ yào xuǎn jǔ zài shì jiè jiān dū xià jìn xíng zǒng tǒng jiù bù yòng xià tái
  只要选举在世界监督下进行，总统就不用下台。
  The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.
synonym
dǎo tái倒台 xià yě下野 dǎo gé倒阁
antonym
shàng tái上台 dēng tái登台
3
v.metaget out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation
- shè fǎ xià tái
  设法下台
  try to get out of an embarrassing situation
- tā néng yán shàn biàn zǒng néng zhǎo jiè kǒu xià tái
  她能言善辩，总能找借口下台。
  As a glib talker, she can always find an excuse to extricate himself from a predicament.

Word usage

Separable word
"下" and "台" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 那位歌手唱完就下了台。
  The singer got off the stage after singing.
- 他是因为什么下的台?
  What brought him out of power?
- 你这样做，让我下不了台。
  You are putting me in an embarrassing position by doing this.

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