圆场 (yuán chǎng) — to mediate a dispute, to smooth over a situation (often in 打圆场)

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• 他看气氛不对，赶紧出来打圆场。
  Tā kàn qì fen bú duì, gǎn jǐn chū lái dǎ yuán chǎng.
  He saw the atmosphere was off and quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
• 大家吵起来的时候，她打了个圆场。
  Dà jiā chǎo qǐ lái de shí hou, tā dǎ le ge yuán chǎng.
  When everyone started arguing, she mediated and calmed things down.
• 老板替我说了几句好话，帮我圆了场。
  Lǎo bǎn tì wǒ shuō le jǐ jù hǎo huà, bāng wǒ yuán le chǎng.
  The boss said a few good words on my behalf and helped smooth things over for me.