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下台

xià tái

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 下臺

下台 (xià tái) means "to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下台 means

1. to go off the stage
2. to fall from position of prestige
3. to step down (from office etc)
4. to disentangle oneself
5. to get off the hook

The characters in 下台

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台

Words starting with 下台

• 下台阶xià tái jiēto extricate oneself; way out

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