递补
dì bǔ
Pinyin

Definition

递补
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dì bǔ
  1. to substitute
  2. to complement in the proper order
  3. to fill vacancies progressively

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuán dì
  1. 1 to transmit
  2. 2 to pass on to sb else
  3. 3 (math.) transitive
mí bǔ
  1. 1 to complement
  2. 2 to make up for a deficiency
kuài dì
  1. 1 express delivery
  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
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]
bǔ kè
  1. 1 to make up missed lesson
  2. 2 to reschedule a class
hù bǔ
  1. 1 complementary
  2. 2 to complement each other
xiū bǔ
  1. 1 to mend
hòu bǔ
  1. 1 to wait to fill a vacancy
  2. 2 reserve (candidate)
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 substitute
tián bǔ
  1. 1 to fill a gap
  2. 2 to fill in a blank (on a form)
  3. 3 to overcome a deficiency
è bǔ
  1. 1 to overdose on supplementary medicine
  2. 2 to cram too hard
tóu dì
  1. 1 to deliver
yú shì wú bǔ
  1. 1 unhelpful
  2. 2 useless
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
zī bǔ
  1. 1 nourishing
  2. 2 nutritious
yào bǔ
  1. 1 medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
bǔ ding
  1. 1 patch (for mending clothes, tires etc)
  2. 2 (software) patch
bǔ xiū
  1. 1 to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)
  2. 2 compensatory leave
bǔ cháng
  1. 1 to compensate
  2. 2 to make up
bǔ zhù
  1. 1 to subsidize
  2. 2 subsidy
  3. 3 allowance

Idioms (13)

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
搬唇递舌
bān chún dì shé
  1. 1 to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
  2. 2 to blab
  3. 3 to tell tales
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

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