余地 yúdì margin
margin; leeway
How to remember 余地: 余 surplus + 地 ground = margin.
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How it is used
- Room / leeway / margin - 这件事还有商量的余地 (zhè jiàn shì hái yǒu shāngliang de yúdì) there's still room to negotiate on this.
- Figurative space for maneuver; 留有余地 (leave some leeway), 没有回旋的余地 (no room to maneuver).
- Abstract only - for negotiation, choice, improvement - not physical space (use 空间 kōngjiān for that).
Example sentences
- 那时我没有选择的余地。 Nàshí wǒ méiyǒu xuǎnzé de yúdì.I had no choice.