下臺

Simplified: 下台

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

xiàtái ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ

- to go off the stage
- to fall from position of prestige
- to step down (from office etc)
- to disentangle oneself
- to get off the hook

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