补课
bǔ kè
Pinyin

Definition

补课
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bǔ kè
  1. to make up missed lesson
  2. to reschedule a class

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上课
shàng kè
  1. 1 to go to class
  2. 2 to attend class
  3. 3 to go to teach a class
弥补
mí bǔ
  1. 1 to complement
  2. 2 to make up for a deficiency
补
bǔ
  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to patch
  3. 3 to mend
  4. 4 to make up for
  5. 5 to fill (a vacancy)
  6. 6 to supplement
补充
bǔ chōng
  1. 1 to replenish
  2. 2 to supplement
  3. 3 to complement
  4. 4 additional
  5. 5 supplementary
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
补课
bǔ kè
  1. 1 to make up missed lesson
  2. 2 to reschedule a class
课
kè
  1. 1 subject
  2. 2 course
  3. 3 CL:門|门[mén]
  4. 4 class
  5. 5 lesson
  6. 6 CL:堂[táng],節|节[jié]
  7. 7 to levy
  8. 8 tax
  9. 9 form of divination
下课
xià kè
  1. 1 to finish class
  2. 2 to get out of class
互补
hù bǔ
  1. 1 complementary
  2. 2 to complement each other
修补
xiū bǔ
  1. 1 to mend
候补
hòu bǔ
  1. 1 to wait to fill a vacancy
  2. 2 reserve (candidate)
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 substitute
停课
tíng kè
  1. 1 to stop classes
  2. 2 to close (of school)
备课
bèi kè
  1. 1 (of a teacher) to prepare lessons
功课
gōng kè
  1. 1 homework
  2. 2 assignment
  3. 3 task
  4. 4 classwork
  5. 5 lesson
  6. 6 study
  7. 7 CL:門|门[mén]
填补
tián bǔ
  1. 1 to fill a gap
  2. 2 to fill in a blank (on a form)
  3. 3 to overcome a deficiency
必修课
bì xiū kè
  1. 1 required course
  2. 2 compulsory course
恶补
è bǔ
  1. 1 to overdose on supplementary medicine
  2. 2 to cram too hard
授课
shòu kè
  1. 1 to teach
  2. 2 to give lessons
替补
tì bǔ
  1. 1 to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc)
  2. 2 a substitute
  3. 3 a replacement
滋补
zī bǔ
  1. 1 nourishing
  2. 2 nutritious
翘课
qiào kè
  1. 1 to skip school
  2. 2 to cut class

Idioms (12)

亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
将勤补绌
jiāng qín bǔ chù
  1. 1 to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
  1. 1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
挖肉补疮
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
  1. 1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

Sample Sentences

你看电视的时候，人家都在用功学习，补课。现在竞争这么激烈，你自己不抓紧可不行啊！
nǐ kàn diànshì de shíhou ，rénjiā dōu zài yònggōng xuéxí ，bǔkè 。xiànzài jìngzhēng zhème jīliè ，nǐzìjǐ bù zhuājǐn kě bùxíng ā ！
While you’re watching TV, everyone else is studying hard and doing extra lessons. The competition these days is so fierce; if you don’t stay on top of it, you won’t make it!
Go to Lesson 
嗯，我们下星期再找一个时间补课好吗？
èn ，wǒmen xià xīngqī zài zhǎo yī gè shíjiān bǔkè hǎo ma ？
Uh-huh. Next week we will find a time to make up the lesson, ok?
Go to Lesson 
Go to Lesson