找台阶儿

to find an excuse / to look for a pretext

to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change

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

desk / table / counter

Taiwan (abbr.)

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

typhoon

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

variant of 階|阶[jie1]

rank or step / stairs

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final