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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance
HSK 5
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *整* | 整* | *整
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
HSK 3
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *补* | 补* | *补
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
HSK 3
to repair a bike (car etc)
HSK 6
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
HSK 7-9
to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
to repair / to refurbish / to renovate / to refit / to mend / to rebuild
repair shop
"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
sheet metal working / auto body repair work / panel beating
to repair earthworks
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
to repair / to renovate
to pick up a car (newly purchased car from a dealership, repaired vehicle from a repair shop, rental car at the airport etc)
(bus, train etc) depot / car factory or repair shop
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敹* | 敹* | *敹
keep tidy and repaired / sew
tire patch (for puncture repair)
to build / to repair
annual repairs and maintenance
damaged beyond repair
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
to repair in a rush / rush repairs
auto repair
to heal oneself; to repair itself / self-healing
repair workshop (for machinery, vehicles etc)
to look after / to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc) / to repair
to repair a tire
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楗* | 楗* | *楗
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *葺* | 葺* | *葺
to repair
to reconstruct / to repair / to revamp / to revise / to retake a failed course
to renovate / to repair (a building)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缮* | 缮* | *缮
to repair / to mend / to rewrite / to transcribe
to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair
clay ox / mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)


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