下台

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

Characters and words in 下台

xià = xi + a4

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

tái = t + ai2

Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2]

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

desk / table / counter

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

Taiwan (abbr.)

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

typhoon

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

Words with 下台

to extricate oneself / way out

Sentences with 下台

下台 currently does not appear in any sentence.