"Complement" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bǔ chōng to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL:個|个[ge4]
 mí bǔ to complement / to make up for a deficiency
 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled
 bǔ tǐ complement (in blood serum)
 bǔ yǔ complement (grammar)
 zhǎo bu to compensate / to make up / to complement / to add
 fǔ to assist / to complement / auxiliary
 fù jiā wù complement
 bǔ chōng liàng complement / complementary quantity
 bǔ zú wù complement / complementary material
 bǔ zú é complement / complementary sum
 shàng lái to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
 quán tào an entire set / full complement
 hù bǔ complementary / to complement each other
 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
 xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng to complement one another (idiom)
 dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough
 xiāng dé yì zhāng to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
 mǎn yuán full complement / at full strength / no vacancies
 dìng yuán fixed complement (of crew, passengers etc)
 dì bǔ to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively
 huàn fáng to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement
 chōng yǎng to oxygenate / to provide oxygen complement
 xiāng chéng to complement one another
 bǔ jí complement of a set
 yú jí complement of a set S (math.) / the set of all x not in set S
 jié cháng bǔ duǎn take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
 xiāng fǔ - xiāng chéng (idiom) to complement one another
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