转圜余地 — Chinese idiom
转圜余地
zhuǎn huán yú dì
Traditional: 轉圜餘地
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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