下不来台

下不来台
xiàláitái

to be put on the spot

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to be put on the spot

    • He was questioned so relentlessly that he couldn't save face.

  2. verb

    to find oneself in an awkward situation

    • He couldn't get off the stage and felt very awkward.

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A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.

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