mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

HSK 5 #944

DEFINITIONS

补 bǔ
  • to repair
  • to patch
  • to mend
  • to make up for
  • to fill (a vacancy)
  • to supplement

STROKES

WORDS

弹药给站 dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn ammunition depot
è bǔ to overdose on supplementary medicine; to cram too hard
截长短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn take from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's deficiencies; to complement each other
zhǎo bu to compensate; to make up; to complement; to add
dǐ bǔ to compensate for; to make good
拆东墙西墙 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul
pāo bǔ cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
套利 pāo bǔ tào lì covered arbitrage
拾遗缺 shí yí bǔ quē to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
挖肉疮 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
chā bǔ interpolation (math.)
dā bǔ to subsidize; to make up (deficit)
队员 tì bǔ duì yuán substitute player; reserve player
凉 qīng bǔ liáng ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
wú bǔ of no avail; not helping in the least
rè bǔ hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace); hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
nǎo bǔ (Internet slang) to imagine; to visualize
船到江心,漏迟 chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
yào bǔ medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
不如食 yào bǔ bù rú shí bǔ the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
虚不受 xū bù shòu bǔ a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
休 bǔ xiū to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays); compensatory leave
偏救弊 bǔ piān jiù bì to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
充品 bǔ chōng pǐn complementary item