补（補）bǔⅠ ❶ (修理；修补) repair;mend;patch: ～ 鞋 repair [mend] shoes；～ 车胎 mend a puncture；
修桥 ～ 路 build bridges and repair roads；～ 漏 stop up holes；～ 一 ～ have it repaired；～ 袜子 darn socks；～ 衣服 patch clothes
❷ (补充；补足；填补) fill up;add supplement;supply;make up for: 弥 ～ 赤字 make up [meet] a deficit；
把漏了的字 ～ 上 supply the missing words；
我们还得 ～ 三个人。 We have three vacancies to be filled.;We need three more people.
❸ （补养） nourish: ～ 身体 build up one's health (with nourishing food or tonics)；～ 血 enrich the blood；～ 元气 help restore vitality；
滋 ～ nourish Ⅱ ❶ [书] (利益；用处) benefit;help;use: 无 ～ 于事 do not help matters；
不无小 ～ not be without some advantage,be of some help；
空言无 ～。 A mere verbal statement is of no help.
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 真 Bu Zhen
◆补白 filler；
补报 make a report after the event;make a supplementary report;make an additional statement;repay a kindness;repay favours granted；
补编 supplement；
补播作物 subordinate crop；
补偿 compensate;make up;make up for;make it up to sb.;make sth. good;compensation;offset；
补偿教育 compensational education；
补偿贸易 compensation trade;counter trade; 补偿器 compensator；
补充 replenish;supplement;supply;make-up;complement;add;additional;complementary;supplementary；
补丁 patch；
补裰 sew and mend；
补发 supply again;reissue;pay retroactively；
补法 {中医} treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health;reinforcing method (in acupuncture)；
补肥 supplementary fertilizer；
补肺 {中药} tonifying lung；
补缝 squeegee；
补付 make up a deficiency in payment;make a deferred payment；
补肝 {中药} tonifying liver；
补骨药 osteopractic；
补锅 tinker a pan；
补过 make up for a mistake [fault];make amends for mistakes；
补焊 patch weld;repair welding;repairing welding;weld；
补给 supply;provision;fitting out;replenishment;feed;recharge；
补给水 supplemental water;makeup water;feed-water make up；
补剂 tonic；
补交税款 pay taxes in arrears;pay the taxes they have evaded;pay an overdue tax；
补浇 teeming;afterteeming；
补角 {数} supplement;supplementary angle;auxiliary angle；
补进 buying in;cover the position；
补精填髓 supplying vital essence and marrow；
补救 remedy;repair;retrieval;rectify (error);redress；
补苴 [书] fill;supply;make up for；
补苴罅漏 fill up the cracks and stop the leaks — implement some omissions and amend errors;do some repairing in order to stop a leak;make up for the shortcomings and loopholes；
补考 make-up examination;supplementary examination;make up；
补课 make up missed lessons;remedial teaching;make up for；
补空 fill up an empty space；
补料 feed supplement；
补零 {计} zero fill;zeroize；
补录 additional recording；
补码 complement；
补苗 {农} fill the gaps with seedlings；
补脾 {中医} tonifying spleen；
补偏救弊 remedy defects and rectify errors;rectify a deviation and correct an error;repair or correct defects;amend defects and faults；
补票 buy one's ticket after the normal time；
补品 tonic;foods or medicines of highly nutritious value;cordial；
补情（儿） repay a kindness；
补缺 fill (up) a vacancy;supply a deficiency；
补色 {光} complementary colour；
补税 pay a tax one has evaded;pay an overdue tax；
补体 {医} complement (in blood serum);alexin;addiment；
补贴 subsidy;allowance；
补习 take lessons after school or work;coaching；
补鞋匠 cobbler；
补休[假] take deferred holidays；
补修 study for a second time courses one has flunked；
补选 by-election；
补血 enrich the blood；
补牙 fill a tooth;have a tooth stopped；
补养 take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health；
补药 tonic;restoratives;invigorator；
补液 {医} fluid infusion；
补遗 addendum;elenchus;supplement;appendix；
补益 [书] benefit;help;{中医} tonic;tonifying；
补语 {语} complement；
补正 additions and corrections;supplement and correct；
补种 reseed;resow;replant；
补助 subsidy;supply needs;subsidize;allowance；
补缀 mend;patch;darn;patch up；
补足 bring up to full strength;make up a deficiency;make complete;fill reinforcement;reinforcing;supplying 补bǔreinforcement; invigoration;strengthening; replenishment; nourishment; enrichment; supplementation;fortification |