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留餘地

简留余地 · 繁留餘地

Mandarin · pinyin liú yú dì

to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error

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留: liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
餘: Look up this written character
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
余: yú · I, my, me; surname; surplus

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2–2–4 · liu2 yu2 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lau4 jyu4 dei6

Cantonese word readings for 留餘地. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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