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Trad. 熱補
- hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace)
- hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
Trad. 補休
- to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)
- compensatory leave
Trad. 補充
- to replenish
- to supplement
- to complement
- additional
- supplementary
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Trad. 補刀
- (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
Trad. 補卡
- to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number
- SIM replacement
Trad. 補報
- to make a report after the event
- to make a supplementary report
- to repay a kindness
Trad. 補強
- (engineering) to reinforce (a structure)
- to strengthen
- (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
Trad. 補時
- (sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages)
- (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时[shang1 ting2 bu3 shi2]) injury time
Trad. 補法
- treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health
- reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
Trad. 補白
- 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)
Trad. 補票
- 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
Trad. 補缺
- to fill a vacancy
- to make up for a shortage
- to supply a deficiency
Trad. 補習
- to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
Trad. 補貼
- to subsidize
- subsidy
- allowance
- to supplement (one's salary etc)
- benefit
Trad. 補足
- to bring up to full strength
- to make up a deficiency
- to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
Trad. 補辦
- 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)
Trad. 替補
- 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
Trad. 遞補
- to substitute
- to complement in the proper order
- to fill vacancies progressively
Trad. 填補
- to fill a gap
- to fill in a blank (on a form)
- to overcome a deficiency
Trad. 食補
- tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful)
- to eat such foods
Trad. 墊補
- (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money
- (coll.) to snack
Trad. 候補
- to wait to fill a vacancy
- reserve (candidate)
- alternate
- substitute
Trad. 大補帖
- tonic
- healthy concoction
- (fig.) just what the doctor ordered
- (Tw) pirated software
Trad. 西遊補
- one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Trad. 補給車
- (military) supply vehicle
- (sports) support vehicle during cycling events, marathons etc
Trad. 補偏救弊
- to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
Trad. 補天浴日
- lit. Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun (idiom)
- fig. (of an achievement, deed, undertaking etc) grand; magnificent; unparalleled
Trad. 挖肉補瘡
- to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
Trad. 補缺拾遺
- see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1]
Trad. 不無小補
- not be without some advantage
- be of some help
Trad. 截長補短
- take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
- to offset each other's deficiencies
- to complement each other
Trad. 補足音程
- complementary interval
- addition musical interval adding to an octave
Trad. 將功補過
- to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
Trad. 將勤補拙
- (idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
Trad. 多退少補
- (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
Trad. 虛不受補
- a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
Trad. 亡羊補牢
- 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
Trad. 拆東補西
- lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
- Rob Peter to pay Paul
Trad. 取長補短
- 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
Trad. 拾遺補缺
- to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
Trad. 額外補貼
- to give an extra subsidy, or bonus etc
- bonus
- perquisite
Trad. 鹼基互補配對
- complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA
Trad. 拆東牆補西牆
- lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)
- fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
Trad. 藥補不如食補
- the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
Trad. 船到江心，補漏遲
- It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
Trad. 小洞不補大洞吃苦
- A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine