留退步
liú​tuì​bù

to leave a way out

  • created sense approved 留退步 · liú​tuì​bù · to leave a way out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    留退步

    liú​tuì​bù

    to leave a way out

    To leave ground for retreat or room for maneuver; to avoid committing oneself so fully that there is no back-up plan.

    留, 退步

    留 (literal) → 留 · liú · to keep 退步 (literal) → 退步 · tuì​bù · leeway

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

    created sense