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下台

xiàtái

“To go off the stage” in Chinese is 下台 (xiàtái).

Meaning

  • to go off the stage
  • to fall from position of prestige
  • to step down (from office etc)
Show 2 more meanings
  • to disentangle oneself
  • to get off the hook

Example

看来,内定是逼他下台。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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