臺

Taiwan (abbr.)

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

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) / surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

to arrive / most / to / until

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

Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi

to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed

to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation

to extricate oneself / way out

Radio Taiwan International (RTI)

China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)

China and Taiwan

Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events

rostrum / platform / CL:個|个[ge4]

genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia

Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]

Wutai city in Shanxi

Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi

pavilion

see 亭臺樓閣|亭台楼阁[ting2 tai2 lou2 ge2]

pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)

(idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative

three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role