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HSK
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
HSK 3
to subsidize / subsidy / allowance / to supplement (one's salary etc) / benefit
HSK 5
to compensate / to make up
HSK 5
to subsidize / subsidy / allowance
HSK 6
to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
HSK 6
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class
HSK 6
to complement / to make up for a deficiency
HSK 7-9
to mend
HSK 7-9
to remedy
HSK 7-9
complementary / to complement each other
HSK 7-9
supply / replenishment / to replenish
HSK 7-9
to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
HSK 7-9
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
HSK 7-9
patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch
to augment / to supplement / to add
to darn (clothing) / to sew and mend
to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
nourishing / nutritious
to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively
to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
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
tonic
to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency
to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax
fluid infusion
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)
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
tonic
addendum
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
benefit / help
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
to reseed / to resow / to replant
to mend (clothes) / to patch
to take a tonic (for one's health)
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
to restock (an item); to replenish inventory
to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends
to enrich the blood
to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness
to overdose on supplementary medicine / to cram too hard
to compensate / to make up / to complement / to add
unhelpful / useless
complementary code / binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
by-election
complementary color
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
to fill (up) / to replenish
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
to fill gaps with seedlings
to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays) / compensatory leave
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
darning / to darn
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)
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
to compensate for / to make good
a supplement / additional budget
hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
complement (grammar)
to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
applique
supplementary angle
to subsidize / to make up (deficit)
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
(Internet slang) to imagine / to visualize
not be without some advantage / be of some help
(engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
tonic; supplement
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时) injury time
to make up for / to compensate
to catch up on sleep
(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
to hand in after the deadline; to pay after the due date
to repair a tire
complement (in blood serum)
variant of 補丁|补丁
record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish
complementary number
to remedy / to make up for / benefit
to make up for lost sleep
fettling
to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
complement of a set
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
cram class / cram school / evening classes
reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
old variant of 補缺|补缺
to mend clothes
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup

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