to restore harmony or fix a mistake with someone
与某人恢复和谐或修正错误 (yǔ mǒu rén huīfù héxié huò xiūzhèng cuòwù)
"He wanted to make things right with his parents after disappointing them."
"在令父母失望后，他想与他们修复关系" (zài lìng fùmǔ shīwàng hòu, tā xiǎng yǔ tāmen xiūfù guānxì)
to move about without a fixed purpose or direction
to make efforts to achieve progress or better results
to fail to meet a goal or expectation
to sketch a quick version of an idea
to cause yourself to owe a large amount of money
to cause something bad to happen; to make something start
