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HSK
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
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to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
HSK 3
complementary / to complement each other
HSK 7-9
to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class
HSK 6
to mend
HSK 7-9
to compensate / to make up
HSK 5
to subsidize / subsidy / allowance / to supplement (one's salary etc) / benefit
HSK 5
to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
HSK 6
to complement / to make up for a deficiency
HSK 7-9
a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
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
to subsidize / subsidy / allowance
HSK 6
to augment / to supplement / to add
addendum
tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software
to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
HSK 7-9
not be without some advantage / be of some help
to remedy
HSK 7-9
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
cram class / cram school / evening classes
supply / replenishment / to replenish
HSK 7-9
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
tonic / invigorant
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
nourishing / nutritious
(Internet slang) to imagine / to visualize
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
(sports) injury time
unhelpful / useless
to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax
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
(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
supply ship
patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch
to restock (an item); to replenish inventory
a supplement / additional budget
to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness
complement (grammar)
complementary item
to make up for what is lacking / to fill (a vacancy) / to replenish
to overdose on supplementary medicine / to cram too hard
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
to darn (clothing) / to sew and mend
of no avail / not helping in the least
to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
(engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
tire patch (for puncture repair)
tonic
to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively
to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays) / compensatory leave
depot / supply station / supply point / staging post
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)
tinker
reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
waiting list
to compensate / to make up / to complement / to add
to make up for / to compensate
supplies
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
to remedy / to make up for / benefit
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
ammunition depot
hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
substitute player / reserve player
ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
lit. Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun (idiom) / fig. (of an achievement, deed, undertaking etc) grand; magnificent; unparalleled
complementary number
to catch up on sleep
additional ticket desk / stand-by counter
by-election
to take a tonic (for one's health)
record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
compensation
to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency
to charge (a battery)
complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时) injury time
to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
to make up for lost sleep
(military) supply vehicle / (sports) support vehicle during cycling events, marathons etc
to repair a tire
to replace (sth missing) / to restore
(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
to fill (up) / to replenish
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
supply ship
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
tonic

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