HSK V7-9
Correct
下台
/ xiàtái /
Strokes
Definition
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
Example
As a Verb
step down from a stage, podium or platform; go offstage
1
Kuǎnkuǎn
款款
zǒu
走
xiàtái
下台
step down the stage with deliberate steps
2
Bèi
被
xū
嘘
xiàtái
下台
be hissed off the stage
3
Bǎ
把
yǎnyuán
演员
hōng
轰
xiàtái
下台
hoot an actor off/down the stage
As a Verb
fall from/out of power; leave office; step down/aside; resign
4
Zhè
这
cì
次
chǒuwén
丑闻
pòshǐ
迫使
zǒngtǒng
总统
xiàtái
下台
。
The scandal forced the president to resign.
5
Tā
他
xiàtái
下台
sān
三
nián
年
le
了
。
He has been out of office for three years.
6
Zǒngtǒng
总统
kuài
快
xiàtái
下台
le
了
。
The president will soon leave office.
7
Bǎ
把
guówáng
国王
gǎnxiàtái
赶下台
dethrone a king
8
Bèipò
被迫
xiàtái
下台
be driven out of office; be forced to step down
9
Hōng
轰
xiàtái
下台
hoot sb out of office
10
Gǎn
赶
/
niǎn
撵
xiàtái
下台
oust sb from office; topple/drive sb from power
As a Verb
get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation
11
Tā
他
néngyánshànbiàn
能言善辩
,
zǒng
总
néng
能
zhǎo
找
jièkǒu
借口
xiàtái
下台
。
As a glib talker, he can always find an excuse to extricate himself from a predicament.
12
Shìzhǎng
市长
dāngshí
当时
zhēn
真
yǒuxiē
有些
méifǎ
没法
xiàtái
下台
。
The mayor was really unable to deal with the embarrassing situation.
13
Dāngshí
当时
liánzhūpào
连珠炮
shì
式
de
的
èyì
恶意
fāwèn
发问
shǐ
使
wǒ
我
wúfǎ
无法
xiàtái
下台
。
I was bombarded with hostile questions, so I was unable to back down/come off the podium with good grace.
14
Shǐ
使
mǒurén
某人
xiàbùletái
下不了台
put sb on the spot; embarrass sb