留有余地
liú​yǒu​yú​dì

to leave some leeway

  • created sense approved 留有余地/留有餘地 · liú​yǒu​yú​dì · to leave some leeway — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    留有余地 / 留有餘地

    liú​yǒu​yú​dì

    to leave some leeway

    to leave room for maneuver; to allow for unforeseen circumstances or flexible handling of a situation when speaking or acting

    留 (literal) → 留 · liú · to leave 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 余地 (literal) → 余地/餘地 · yú​dì · leeway

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense