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HSK
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to mend
HSK 7-9
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  *補* | 補* | *補
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
HSK 3
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
HSK 7-9
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
to subsidize / subsidy / allowance / to supplement (one's salary etc) / benefit
HSK 5
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
to subsidize / subsidy / allowance
HSK 6
to charge (a battery)
a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
to complement / to make up for a deficiency
HSK 7-9
(sports) injury time
to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class
HSK 6
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
to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
HSK 7-9
to remedy
HSK 7-9
complementary / to complement each other
HSK 7-9
to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
to compensate / to make up
HSK 5
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
to restock (an item); to replenish inventory
to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
nourishing / nutritious
unhelpful / useless
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时) injury time
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software
fluid infusion
supply / replenishment / to replenish
HSK 7-9
to overdose on supplementary medicine / to cram too hard
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
not be without some advantage / be of some help
to enrich the blood
addendum
a supplement / additional budget
to make up for / to compensate
fettling
to catch up on sleep
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
to compensate for / to make good
It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
tonic
(engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
darning / to darn
to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays) / compensatory leave
to hand in after the deadline; to pay after the due date
tinker
cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch
to make up for lost sleep
to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness
to augment / to supplement / to add
covered arbitrage
to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater
to do sth after the time it should have been done / to do sth to make up for not having done it before / to reapply for (a lost document, card etc)
to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends
complement of a set
(military) supply vehicle / (sports) support vehicle during cycling events, marathons etc
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
depot / supply station / supply point / staging post
complementary code / binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged
to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax
applique
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
(Internet slang) to imagine / to visualize
the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
supplies
cram class / cram school / evening classes
to repair a tire
to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement
of no avail / not helping in the least
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression
to fill (up) / to replenish
complementary medicine
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
complementary item
supplementary angle
reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
to mend (clothes) / to patch
complementary color
additional ticket desk / stand-by counter
complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA
waiting list
interpolation (math.)
tire patch (for puncture repair)
to fill gaps with seedlings
tonic
by-election
to take a tonic (for one's health)
complementary number

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