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(Bushou)		 衣
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补 bǔ to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
Results beginning with 补
补充 bǔ chōng to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL:個|个[ge4]
补丁 bǔ ding patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch
补偿 bǔ cháng to compensate / to make up
补贴 bǔ tiē to subsidize / subsidy / allowance / to supplement (one's salary etc) / benefit
补助 bǔ zhù to subsidize / subsidy / allowance
补救 bǔ jiù to remedy
补给 bǔ jǐ supply / replenishment / to replenish
补血 bǔ xuè to enrich the blood
补课 bǔ kè to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class
补习 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
补考 bǔ kǎo to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
补足 bǔ zú to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
补品 bǔ pǐn tonic
补发 bǔ fā to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
补交 bǔ jiāo to hand in after the deadline / to pay after the due date
补种 bǔ zhòng to reseed / to resow / to replant
补缺 bǔ quē to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency
补药 bǔ yào tonic
补益 bǔ yì benefit / help
补货 bǔ huò to restock (an item) / to replenish inventory
补报 bǔ bào to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness
补强 bǔ qiáng (engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
补选 bǔ xuǎn by-election
补遗 bǔ yí addendum
补过 bǔ guò to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends
补液 bǔ yè fluid infusion
补票 bǔ piào 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
补养 bǔ yǎng to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
补税 bǔ shuì to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax
补胎 bǔ tāi to repair a tire
补体 bǔ tǐ complement (in blood serum)
补色 bǔ sè complementary color
补牙 bǔ yá to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
补语 bǔ yǔ complement (grammar)
补码 bǔ mǎ complementary code / binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged
补钉 bǔ ding variant of 補丁|补丁[bu3 ding5]
补白 bǔ bái 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)
补缀 bǔ zhuì to mend (clothes) / to patch
补办 bǔ bàn 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)
补刀 bǔ dāo (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
补登 bǔ dēng record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
补电 bǔ diàn to charge (a battery)
补靪 bǔ ding variant of 補丁|补丁[bu3 ding5]
补裰 bǔ duō to mend clothes
补法 bǔ fǎ treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
补购 bǔ gòu buy-in
补花 bǔ huā applique
补回 bǔ huí to make up for / to compensate
补集 bǔ jí complement of a set
补角 bǔ jiǎo supplementary angle
补觉 bǔ jiào to make up for lost sleep
补卡 bǔ kǎ to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
补炉 bǔ lú fettling
补满 bǔ mǎn to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish
补眠 bǔ mián to catch up on sleep
补苗 bǔ miáo to fill gaps with seedlings
补阙 bǔ quē old variant of 補缺|补缺[bu3 que1]
补时 bǔ shí (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
补数 bǔ shù complementary number
补泻 bǔ xiè reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
补休 bǔ xiū to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays) / compensatory leave
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补习班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes
补偿费 bǔ cháng fèi compensation
补助金 bǔ zhù jīn grant
补给线  supply line / line of supply
补给站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post
补给品 bǔ jǐ pǐn supplies / stores
补给舰 bǔ jǐ jiàn supply ship
补给船 bǔ jǐ chuán supply ship
补偿假  compensatory time off
补给点  supply point
补充量 bǔ chōng liàng complement / complementary quantity
补充品 bǔ chōng pǐn complementary item
补登机 bǔ dēng jī passbook entry machine
补票处 bǔ piào chù additional ticket desk / stand-by counter
补胎片 bǔ tāi piàn tire patch (for puncture repair)
补足额 bǔ zú é complement / complementary sum
补足物 bǔ zú wù complement / complementary material
补阙拾遗 bǔ quē shí yí to compensate for shortage and leakage
补充食物  food supplements
补偿变差  compensating variation
补给路线  supply route
补给日份  days of supply
补货价值  replenishment value
补充数量  recruitment
补习学校  Nai Roshi
补习课程  remedial course
补充标准  complementary standards
补白文章 bǔ bái wén zhāng boilerplate
补充措施 bǔ chōng cuò shī supplementary measure
补充纲领 bǔ chōng gāng lǐng Platform Plus
补充项目 bǔ chōng xiàng mù supplementary item / supplementary agenda item
补充医疗 bǔ chōng yī liáo complementary medicine
补充原则 bǔ chōng yuán zé principle of complementarity / complementarity
补充支付 bǔ chōng zhī fù replenishment payment
补充资金 bǔ chōng zī jīn supplementary funding
补充作用 bǔ chōng zuò yòng principle of complementarity / complementarity
补救办法 bǔ jiù bàn fǎ remedy
补救措施 bǔ jiù cuò shī damage control
补偏救弊 bǔ piān jiù bì to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom) / to rectify past mistakes
补缺拾遗 bǔ quē shí yí see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1]
补沙护滩 bǔ shā hù tān beach nourishment
补助组织 bǔ zhù zǔ zhī auxiliary organizations
补足音程 bǔ zú yīn chéng complementary interval / addition musical interval adding to an octave
补充捕获量  replacement yield
补充量曲线  recruitment curve / reproduction curve
补充型过渔  recruitment overfishing
补水含水层  recharging aquifer
补充登记册 bǔ chōng dēng jì cè complementary register
补充营养餐 bǔ chōng yíng yǎng cān supplementary feeding
补给和运输营  supply and transport battalion
补充筹资项目  project for supplementary funding
补充赔偿基金  Supplementary Indemnification Fund
补充资金收入  supplementary funds income
补偿贷款机制 bǔ cháng dài kuǎn jī zhì Compensatory Financing Facility
补充指定款项 bǔ chōng zhǐ dìng kuǎn xiàng supplementary earmarking
补充资金方案 bǔ chōng zī jīn fāng àn supplementary funded programmes
补充资金捐款 bǔ chōng zī jīn juān kuǎn supplementary funding contributions
补给品周转时间  down time
补给处物资品类  Supply Office Item
补充和替代医学  complementary and alternative medicine
补充营养餐方案 bǔ chōng yíng yǎng cān fāng àn supplementary feeding programme
补贴与反补贴措施  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
补充信息交换程序  Complementary Information Exchange Procedure
补充储备贷款机制  Supplemental Reserve Facility
补充融资贷款机制  supplementary financing facility
补偿和应急贷款机制  Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility
补充资金资助的项目  supplementary-funded project / supplementary-funded programme
补充教育区域研究所  regional institute for complementary education
补贴与反补贴措施协定  Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
补充资金资助的项目方桉  supplementary-funded project / supplementary-funded programme
补充作用和触发机制问题工作组  Working Group on Complementarity and Trigger Mechanism
补充1994年消除国际恐怖主义措施宣言的宣言  Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
Approximate Results for 补
弥补 mí bǔ to complement / to make up for a deficiency
填补 tián bǔ to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
替补 tì bǔ 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
修补 xiū bǔ to mend
互补 hù bǔ complementary / to complement each other
滋补 zī bǔ nourishing / nutritious
候补 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
增补 zēng bǔ to augment / to supplement / to add
进补 jìn bǔ to take a tonic (for one's health)
食补 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
恶补 è bǔ to overdose on supplementary medicine / to cram too hard
无补 wú bǔ of no avail / not helping in the least
缝补 féng bǔ to darn (clothing) / to sew and mend
递补 dì bǔ to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively
添补 tiān bu to fill (up) / to replenish
找补 zhǎo bu to compensate / to make up / to complement / to add
织补 zhī bǔ darning / to darn
裨补 bì bǔ to remedy / to make up for / benefit
插补 chā bǔ interpolation (math.)
搭补 dā bǔ to subsidize / to make up (deficit)
垫补 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
点补 diǎn bǔ to have a snack / to have a bite
抵补 dǐ bǔ to compensate for / to make good
顶补 dǐng bǔ to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
脑补 nǎo bǔ (Internet slang) to imagine / to visualize
抛补 pāo bǔ cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
配补 pèi bǔ to replace (sth missing) / to restore
热补 rè bǔ hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
药补 yào bǔ medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
追补 zhuī bǔ a supplement / additional budget
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大补帖 dà bǔ tiě tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software
滋补品 zī bǔ pǐn tonic / invigorant
清补凉 qīng bǔ liáng ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
修补匠 xiū bǔ jiàng tinker
西游补 Xī yóu bǔ one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
取长补短 qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn 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
于事无补 yú shì wú bǔ unhelpful / useless
亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo 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
多退少补 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
不无小补 bù wú xiǎo bǔ not be without some advantage / be of some help
拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
挖肉补疮 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
柏林补充  Berlin Plus
作战补给  combat supplies
横向补给  abeam replenishment
发展补助  development grant
海上补给  replenishment at sea / at-sea replenishment
预配补给  preconfigured supply
海滩补给  beach nourishment
垂直补给  vertical replenishment / third-dimension resupply
交叉补贴  cross-subsidization
替补规则  suppletive rules
收入补助  off-setting income support
公约补充  Convention Plus
财政补助 cái zhèng bǔ zhù public financing
出口补贴 chū kǒu bǔ tiē export subsidy
额外补贴 é wài bǔ tiē to give an extra subsidy, or bonus etc / bonus / perquisite
反补贴税 fǎn bǔ tiē shuì countervailing duty
候补法官 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge
候补名单 hòu bǔ míng dān waiting list
候补秘书 hòu bǔ mì shū alternate secretary
将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
将勤补绌 jiāng qín bǔ chù to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
截长补短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
进口补贴 jìn kǒu bǔ tiē import subsidy
均衡补偿 jūn héng bǔ cháng isostatic compensation / isostatic adjustment
抛补套利 pāo bǔ tào lì covered arbitrage
起伏补偿 qǐ fú bǔ cháng heave compensator
伤停补时 shāng tíng bǔ shí (sports) injury time
生物补救 shēng wù bǔ jiù bioremediation
生育补助 shēng yù bǔ zhù birth grant
拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
替补队员 tì bǔ duì yuán substitute player / reserve player
薪酬补贴 xīn chóu bǔ tiē topping up
虚不受补 xū bù shòu bǔ a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
x天的补给  days of supply
备用补给线  alternative supply route
租金补充？  rental supplements
溷合补给队  composite supply unit
叶酸补充剂  folate supplements
铜补偿基金  copper compensation fund
援助和补贴  aids and subsidies
流动补给队  mobile supply unit
仓库补给队  depot level supply unit
研究补助金  research grant
瞬时补充率  instantaneous rate of recruitment
教育补助金  education grant
紧急补助款  emergency grant
弹药补给所  ammunition supply point
弹药补给站 dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn ammunition depot
扶养补助金 fú yǎng bǔ zhù jīn dependency benefit
含水层补充 hán shuǐ céng bǔ chōng recharge of aquifer / replenishment of aquifer / groundwater recharge
候补鉴证人 hòu bǔ jiàn zhèng rén Alternate Certifying Officer
回国补助金 huí guó bǔ zhù jīn repatriation grant
体液补充药 tǐ yè bǔ chōng yào rehydration drug
体液补充液 tǐ yè bǔ chōng yè rehydration serum
拆东墙补西墙 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / rob Peter to pay Paul
有补偿的养护  compensated conservation
单位补充产量  yield per recruit
体液补充中心  rehydration unit
西非补给方桉  West African Replenishment Programme
第叁维再补给  vertical replenishment / third-dimension resupply
现场补救项目  site-remediation project
填补数据空白  data gap filling
申请补充阈值  reorder point / reorder level
含水层补充区 hán shuǐ céng bǔ chōng qū aquifer recharge area
环境补偿关税 huán jìng bǔ cháng guān shuì green countervailing duties
碱基互补配对 jiǎn jī hù bǔ pèi duì complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 / pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 / in DNA
经济互补协定 jīng jì hù bǔ xié dìng Economic Complementarity Agreement
紧急补充营养 jǐn jí bǔ chōng yíng yǎng emergency feeding
项目补充资金 xiàng mù bǔ chōng zī jīn project supplementary funding
项目筹备补助 xiàng mù chóu bèi bǔ zhù project preparation grant
药补不如食补 yào bǔ bù rú shí bǔ the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
扭曲贸易的补贴  trade-distorting subsidy
绝对幼鱼补充量  absolute recruitment
停雇期间补助金  hiatus financing
房租补贴门槛值  rental subsidy threshold
人工补给地下水  artificial groundwater recharge
无法弥补的损失  irrecoverable loss
抵补成本的优势  cost-offsetting advantage
过渡性安全补贴  transitional safety allowance
候补世界水论坛 hòu bǔ shì jiè shuǐ lùn tán Alternative World Water Forum
口服体液补充盐 kǒu fù tǐ yè bǔ chōng yán oral rehydration salts
魔界女王候补生 mó jiè nu:3 wáng hòu bǔ shēng Sugar
碳酸盐补偿深度 tàn suān yán bǔ cháng shēn duó carbonate compensation depth
总协定补充条款 zǒng xié dìng bǔ chōng tiáo kuǎn GATT Plus
一次总付的补助金  lump-sum subvention
汇款和补款办事员  Remittance and Replenishment Clerk
泛非补偿问题会议  Pan-African Conference on Reparations
瑞士补偿资助方桉  Swiss Compensatory Financing Programme
口服体液补充疗法  oral rehydration therapy
抗疟疾体液补充盐  antimalarial rehydration salts
船到江心，补漏迟 chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
紧急补充资金方案 jǐn jí bǔ chōng zī jīn fāng àn emergency supplementary-funded programme
石油机制补助账户 shí yóu jī zhì bǔ zhù zhàng hù Oil Facility Subsidy Account
小洞不补大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine
住房和租金补贴办法  Housing and Rental Subsidy Scheme
总部所汇补充资金？  replenishments remitted by headquarters
核损害补充赔偿公约  Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
仲裁法庭的补充裁决  Supplemental Award of the Arbitral Tribunal
政府间补充融资小组  Intergovernmental Group on Supplementary Financing
特别用途补助金基金  Special Purpose Grant Fund / SPG Fund
衡平法上的补救措施 héng píng fǎ shàng de bǔ jiù cuò shī equitable
小洞不堵，大洞难补 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom) / A stitch in time saves nine.
单位补充产卵群生物量  spawning stock biomass per recruit
合作、补偿和发展基金  Fund for Cooperation, Compensation and Development
拟订补充标准特设委员会  Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards / Ad Hoc Com
欧洲补充公路交通公约协定  European Agreement Supplementing the Convention on Road Traffic
管辖权、补充原则与合作司  Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division
体液补充、免疫营养和教育  rehydration, immunization, nutrition and education
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