宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
to give oneself leeway (idiom)
to allow room for error
宽
kuān
wide
打
dǎ
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")
窄
zhǎi
narrow
用
yòng
to use; to make use of; to employ