Our campaign to the west is a tremendous success; we have already recovered seventy percent of lost territory.
Cantonese
收复失地
收復失地
sau1 fuk6 sat1 dei6
to recover lost territory
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
株洲商会冒失地杀了一头牛,农民上街问罪,罚钱而外,放爆竹赔礼。
株洲商會冒失地殺了一頭牛,農民上街問罪,罰錢而外,放爆竹賠禮。
zhū zhōu shāng huì mào shī de shā le yī tóu niú , nóng mín shàng jiē wèn zuì , fá qián ér wài , fàng bào zhú péi lǐ .
When the Chamber of Commerce of Zhuzhou rashly slaughtered a cow, the peasants came into town and demanded an explanation, and the chamber, besides paying a fine, had to let off firecrackers by way of apology.