下臺階

See also: 下台阶 and 下台階

Chinese

	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	flight of steps; level
trad. (下臺階/下台階)	下	臺階/台階
simp. (下台阶)	下	台阶
Literally: “a staircase to go down from the stage”.

下臺階

a chance to not lose face
給他一個下臺階吧。 [MSC, trad.]
给他一个下台阶吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Gěi tā yīge xiàtáijiē ba. [Pinyin]
Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.

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