宽打窄用 in English kuan1 da3 zhai3 yong4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to give oneself leeway (idiomatic expression)
  • to allow room for error

Simplified Characters

宽 打 窄 用

Traditional Characters

寬 打 窄 用

Pinyin

kuan1 da3 zhai3 yong4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

宽kuan1surname Kuan 打da3dozen (loanword) 窄zhai3narrow 用yong4to use