转圜余地 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to have room to save a situation
• margin for error

Character by character

• 转zhuǎnto move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle
• 圜huáncircle; to surround, to encircle
• 余yúsurplus, remainder; surname
• 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part

Idioms sharing a character

• 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
• 天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn
• 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
• 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià
• 扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
• 旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
• 时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn
• 珠流璧转 zhū liú bì zhuǎn
• 目不转睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng
• 目不转瞬 mù bù zhuǎn shùn

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