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下台阶

xià tái jiē

3-character word Traditional 下臺階

What 下台阶 means

1. to extricate oneself
2. way out

The characters in 下台阶

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 阶jiērank or step; stairs

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