缝补
féng bǔ
Pinyin

Definition

缝补
 - 
féng bǔ
  1. to darn (clothing)
  2. to sew and mend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
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
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
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
天衣无缝
tiān yī wú fèng
  1. 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. flawless
夹缝
jiā fèng
  1. 1 crack
  2. 2 crevice
恶补
è bǔ
  1. 1 to overdose on supplementary medicine
  2. 2 to cram too hard
于事无补
yú shì wú bǔ
  1. 1 unhelpful
  2. 2 useless
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
无缝
wú fèng
  1. 1 seamless
牙缝
yá fèng
  1. 1 gap between teeth
缝
féng
  1. 1 to sew
  2. 2 to stitch
缝合
féng hé
  1. 1 to sew together
  2. 2 suture (in surgery)
  3. 3 to sew up (a wound)
缝纫机
féng rèn jī
  1. 1 sewing machine
  2. 2 CL:架[jià]

Idioms (17)

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
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
  1. 1 to fit tightly (idiom)
  2. 2 to join seamlessly
  3. 3 to fit snugly
天衣无缝
tiān yī wú fèng
  1. 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. flawless
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)
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
  1. 1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. no smoke without a fire
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
见缝就钻
jiàn fèng jiù zuān
  1. 1 lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make the most of every opportunity
见缝插针
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch

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