| 收拾残局 | 
shōu shi cán jú | 
to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces | 
| 收 | 
shōu | 
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) | 
| 收拾 | 
shōu shi | 
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb | 
|  拾 | 
shè | 
to ascend in light steps | 
|  拾 | 
shí | 
to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | 
|   残 | 
cán | 
to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus | 
|   残局 | 
cán jú | 
endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) | 
|    局 | 
jú | 
narrow | 
|    局 | 
jú | 
office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc | 
|    局 | 
jú | 
cramped; narrow |