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台阶

táijiē
nounHSK 4

“Steps” in Chinese is 台阶 (táijiē).

Meaning

  • steps
  • flight of steps
  • step (over obstacle)
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  • fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
  • bench (geology)

Example

他俩的爱情，已经上升了一个台阶。

Their love has gone to the next level.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

táiHSK 35 strokesTaiwan (abbr.)jiēHSK 46 strokesrank or step

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