找辙

找轍
zhǎozhé
to look for a pretext

CEDICT

寻找藉口，以掩饰过失。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 找 zhǎo
  1. to try to find
  2. to look for
  3. to call on sb
  4. to find
  5. to seek
  6. to return
  7. to give change
2 辙 zhé
  1. rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè)
  2. (coll.) the direction of traffic
  3. a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)
  4. (dialect) (usu. after 有 yǒu or 没 méi) way; idea

Related entries

找借口 zhǎojièkǒu to look for a pretext
找台阶儿 zhǎotáijiēr
  1. to find an excuse
  2. to look for a pretext