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不無小補
bù wú xiǎo bǔ
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not be without some advantage;
be of some help
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互補
hù bǔ
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complementary;
to complement each other
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亡羊補牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
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lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom);
fig. to act belatedly;
better late than never;
to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
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修補
xiū bǔ
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to mend
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修補匠
xiū bǔ jiàng
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tinker
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候補
hòu bǔ
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to wait to fill a vacancy;
reserve (candidate);
alternate;
substitute
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候補名單
hòu bǔ míng dān
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waiting list
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傷停補時
shāng tíng bǔ shí
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(sports) injury time
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取長補短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
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lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius);
to use this in place of that;
what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
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填補
tián bǔ
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to fill a gap;
to fill in a blank (on a form);
to overcome a deficiency
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墊補
diàn bu
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(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money;
(coll.) to snack
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增補
zēng bǔ
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to augment;
to supplement;
to add
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多退少補
duō tuì shǎo bǔ
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(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
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大補帖
dà bǔ tiě
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tonic;
healthy concoction;
(fig.) just what the doctor ordered;
(Tw) pirated software
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將勤補絀
jiāng qín bǔ chù
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to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
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小洞不堵，大洞難補
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ ， dà dòng nán bǔ
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If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
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小洞不補大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
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A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
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彈藥補給站
dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn
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ammunition depot
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彌補
mí bǔ
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to complement;
to make up for a deficiency
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惡補
è bǔ
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to overdose on supplementary medicine;
to cram too hard
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截長補短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
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take from the long to supplement the short (idiom);
to offset each other's deficiencies;
to complement each other
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找補
zhǎo bu
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to compensate;
to make up;
to complement;
to add
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抵補
dǐ bǔ
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to compensate for;
to make good
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拆東牆補西牆
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
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lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient;
Rob Peter to pay Paul
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拆東補西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
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lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient;
Rob Peter to pay Paul
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