找台阶儿 in English zhao3 tai2 jie1 r5 Meaning

Meanings

  • to find an excuse
  • to look for a pretext

Simplified Characters

找 台 阶 儿

Traditional Characters

找 台 階 兒

Pinyin

zhao3 tai2 jie1 r5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

找zhao3to try to find 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) 阶jie1variant of 階|阶[jie1] 儿er2variant of 人[ren2]