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留有余地
liú yǒu yú dì
What 留有余地 means
- to leave some leeway
- to allow for the unpredictable
The characters in 留有余地
- 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
- 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
- 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余
- 地dìearth; ground; field
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