补 [bu3]

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汉字：补／拼音：bu3

补

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

异体

补補

（补）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
不无小补	不無小補	bu4 wu2 xiao3 bu3	not be without some advantage/ be of some help
互补	互補	hu4 bu3	complementary/ to complement each other
亡羊补牢	亡羊補牢	wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2	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
修补	修補	xiu1 bu3	to mend
修补匠	修補匠	xiu1 bu3 jiang4	tinker
候补	候補	hou4 bu3	to wait to fill a vacancy/ reserve (candidate)/ alternate/ substitute
候补名单	候補名單	hou4 bu3 ming2 dan1	waiting list
伤停补时	傷停補時	shang1 ting2 bu3 shi2	(sports) injury time
取长补短	取長補短	qu3 chang2 bu3 duan3	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
填补	填補	tian2 bu3	to fill a gap/ to fill in a blank (on a form)/ to overcome a deficiency
垫补	墊補	dian4 bu5	(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money/ (coll.) to snack
增补	增補	zeng1 bu3	to augment/ to supplement/ to add
多退少补	多退少補	duo1 tui4 shao3 bu3	(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
大补帖	大補帖	da4 bu3 tie3	tonic/ healthy concoction/ (fig.) just what the doctor ordered/ (Tw) pirated software
将功补过	將功補過	jiang1 gong1 bu3 guo4	to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
将勤补绌	將勤補絀	jiang1 qin2 bu3 chu4	to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞难补	小洞不堵，大洞難補	xiao3 dong4 bu4 du3 , da4 dong4 nan2 bu3	If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补大洞吃苦	小洞不補大洞吃苦	xiao3 dong4 bu4 bu3 da4 dong4 chi1 ku3	A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
弹药补给站	彈藥補給站	dan4 yao4 bu3 ji3 zhan4	ammunition depot
弥补	彌補	mi2 bu3	to complement/ to make up for a deficiency
恶补	惡補	e4 bu3	to overdose on supplementary medicine/ to cram too hard
截长补短	截長補短	jie2 chang2 bu3 duan3	take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)/ to offset each other's deficiencies/ to complement each other
找补	找補	zhao3 bu5	to compensate/ to make up/ to complement/ to add
抵补	抵補	di3 bu3	to compensate for/ to make good
拆东墙补西墙	拆東牆補西牆	chai1 dong1 qiang2 bu3 xi1 qiang2	lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient/ rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西	拆東補西	chai1 dong1 bu3 xi1	lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient/ Rob Peter to pay Paul
抛补	拋補	pao1 bu3	cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
抛补套利	拋補套利	pao1 bu3 tao4 li4	covered arbitrage
拾遗补缺	拾遺補缺	shi2 yi2 bu3 que1	to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
挖肉补疮	挖肉補瘡	wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1	to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

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