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HSK
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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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
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)
to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class
HSK 6
to remedy
HSK 7-9
to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
to compensate / to make up
HSK 5
to restock (an item); to replenish inventory
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时) injury time
fluid infusion
supply / replenishment / to replenish
HSK 7-9
to enrich the blood
addendum
to make up for / to compensate
fettling
to catch up on sleep
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
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
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 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
supplies
cram class / cram school / evening classes
to repair a tire
(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
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
record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
complementary item
supplementary angle
reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
to mend (clothes) / to patch
complementary color
additional ticket desk / stand-by counter
tire patch (for puncture repair)
to fill gaps with seedlings
tonic
by-election
complementary number
to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
supply ship
passbook entry machine
complement / complementary sum
tonic; supplement
complement (in blood serum)
complement / complementary quantity
compensation
to mend clothes
complementary interval / addition musical interval adding to an octave
supply ship
to reseed / to resow / to replant
benefit / help
to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
HSK 6
lit. Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun (idiom) / fig. (of an achievement, deed, undertaking etc) grand; magnificent; unparalleled
to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
complement (grammar)
variant of 補丁|补丁
old variant of 補缺|补缺
variant of 補丁|补丁


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