补 (補) bǔ

1. bǔ verb to repair; to maintain
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '补' 1; Guoyu '補' v 1; Kroll 2015 '補' 2, p. 29; Unihan '補')
2. bǔ verb to supply; to fill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '补' 2; Guoyu '補' v 2)
3. bǔ noun a nutrient
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '补' 3; Guoyu '補' n 1)
4. bǔ verb to help; to benefit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '补' 4; Guoyu '補' v 3; Kroll 2015 '補' 5, p. 29)
5. bǔ verb to supplement
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '补' 2; Guoyu '補' v 5; Kroll 2015 '補' 3, p. 29)
6. bǔ proper noun Bu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '補' n 2)
7. bǔ verb to patch clothing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '補'; Kroll 2015 '補' 1, p. 29; Unihan '補')
8. bǔ verb to fill an open position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '補' 4, p. 29)

Contained in

• 虚不受补(虛不受補) a person who is in poor health cannot handle something so strong as a tonic
• 补天(補天) to repair heaven ; to repair a natural area
• 进补(進補) to take a tonic (for one's health)
• 修补匠(修補匠) tinker
• 补种(補種) to reseed; to resow; to replant
• 缝补(縫補) to darn; to sew and mend
• 补发(補發) to supply again (sth lost); to reissue; to pay retroactively
• 补胎(補胎) to repair a tire
• 补给品(補給品) supplies; stores
• 补充品(補充品) complementary item
• 补强(補強) to strengthen
• 小洞不堵，大洞难补(小洞不堵，大洞難補) If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair; A stitch in time saves nine.
• 补炉(補爐) fettling
• 补液(補液) fluid infusion
• 抛补(拋補) cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
• 补充量(補充量) complement; complementary quantity
• 摘东补西(摘東補西) pick from the east to repair the west
• 顶补(頂補) to fill a vacancy; to substitute for
• 官补(官補) a rank badge; a mandarin square
• 补习(補習) to take extra tuition
• 补课(補課) to make up missed lesson
• 抛补套利(拋補套利) covered arbitrage
• 补充医疗(補充醫療) complementary medicine
• 补票处(補票處) additional ticket desk; stand-by counter
• 补时(補時) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) /
• 替补队员(替補隊員) substitute player; reserve player
• 添补(添補) to fill (up); to replenish
• 补票(補票) to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat
• 补登(補登) record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
• 插补(插補) interpolation
• 热补(熱補) hot patching
• 织补(織補) darning; to darn
• 补偏救弊(補偏救弊) to remedy defects and correct errors; to rectify past mistakes
• 补足音程(補足音程) complementary interval; addition musical interval adding to an octave
• 补货(補貨) to restock (an item); to replenish inventory
• 药补(藥補) medicinal dietary supplement
• 补选(補選) by-election
• 取长补短(取長補短) to use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points
• 补充词组(補充詞組) a complementary word phrase
• 裨补(裨補) to remedy; to make up for; benefit
• 伤停补时(傷停補時) injury time
• 垫补(墊補) to appropriate funds intended for another purpose; to borrow; to snack
• 补牙(補牙) to fill a tooth (cavity); to have a tooth filled; a dental filling
• 补胎片(補胎片) tire patch (for puncture repair)
• 动量补语(動量補語) a complement of frequency
• 时量补语(时量補語) a complement of duration
• 趋向补语(趨向補語) a complement of direction; a directional complement
• 补药(補藥) a tonic

Also contained in

汉书补注 、 大补帖 、 西游补

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Truncated for common words

• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 187
• 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 109
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 106
• 卷三十　燕二 Chapter 30: Yan II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 97
• 卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 96
• 卷五　秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 93
• 卷二十　趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 91
• 卷二十六　韓一 Chapter 26: Han I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 88
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 84
• 卷十九　趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 80

Collocations

• 补不足 (補不足) 春省耕而補不足 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 12
• 补官 (補官) 則足以補官之不善政 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 6
• 试补 (試補) 諸買武功爵官首者試補吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 5
• 补吏 (補吏) 諸買武功爵官首者試補吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 5
• 补短 (補短) 斷長補短 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
• 补郎 (補郎) 入財者得補郎 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 3
• 补县 (補縣) 嬰已而試補縣吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 3
• 有余补 (有餘補) 故以有餘補不足 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 觀行第二十四 Chapter 24: Observing Behavior — count: 3
• 补博士 (補博士) 而補博士 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張丞相列傳》 Biography of Chancellor Zhang — count: 2
• 补缝 (補縫) 而補縫過失之闕者也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十一　要略 Chapter 21: Summary — count: 2