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補衣，襪，鞋 repair or mend clothing, stockings, shoes;
補牙 fix up teeth by repairing cavities, etc.;
補鍋，路 tinker pans, repair roads;
補漏 stop up holes in jars, also addenda in texts;
補天之力 (myth allu.) power to restore cracks in the sky (of 女媧), great strength;
oft. 修補，填補，打補 mend clothing.
(2) Add, supplement, fill up deficiencies: often 補上，補付，貼補 pay or make up deficiencies in payment;
補假 take deferred holidays;
添補衣服 make more clothing;
吃補，吃補藥 take tonic;
補肝，心，肺，骨，血 (of tonics) help nourish the liver, heart, lungs, bones, blood;
補元氣 help restore vitality.
(3) Be of help to: 補助費用 help to defray expenses;
無補於事，無補大局 be of no help, do not help matters;
不無小補 may be a little help.
(4) Make amends, reparations, make up for, reform: 補課 make up for missed classes in school;
補過 make amends for mistakes;
將功補過 (罪) lenient consideration for person's mistakes in view of past or future achievements;
補償，抵補，賠補 make reparations for damages or deficits in accounts;
勤能補拙 make up for lack of natural talent by hard work.
2.補壁 [bu3bi4], v.i., (court.) serve to cover up a wall, (of one's own scrolls).
3.補償 [bu3chang2], v.t. & n., compensate, -tion.
4.補情（兒） [bu3qing2](buu-chir-'l), v.i., show gratitude by gifts.
5.補充 [bu3chong1], v.t. & n., add to (previous remarks, provision for expenses); supplement; 補充教材 supplementary text.
6.補缺 [bu3qUe1], v.t., to fill up vacant post.
7.補窮的 [bu3qiong2de0], n., sewing woman who makes living by mending clothes.
8.補定語 [bu3ding4yU3], n., (gram.) complement.
9.補靪 (釘) [bu3ding0], n., (coll.) as in 打補釘 mend shoes, clothes, etc.
10.補縫 [bu3feng2], v.i. & t., (1) sew up; (2) [bu3feng4], fill up cracks.
11.補缸的 [bu3gang1de0], n., mender of earthenware.
12.補骨脂 [bu2gu3zhi1], n., (bot.) Psoralea corylifolia,
13.補角 [bu2jiao3], n., (math.) supplement of an angle (to make up 180°).
14.補給 [bu2ji3], n., supplementary rations; 補給線 (mil.) supply route.
15.補景 [bu2jing3], n., (of painting) background details.
16.補救 [bu3jiu4], v.t., rescue from danger; rectify error.
17.補助 [bu3zhu4], n. & v.t., help, supply needs; give grants to.
18.補綴 [bu3zhuo4], v.t., mend, take up loose ends and make repair; edit or collect odd pieces to make a book.
19.補苴 [bu3jU1], v.t., (LL) repair, restore.
20.補考 [bu2kao3], n. & v.i., (take) examination after missing or failing.
21.補漏洞 [bu2lou4dong1], v.i., to stop a leak, (fig.) to implement omission and errors.
22.補鞋的 [bu3xie2de0], n., shoe repair man or shop.
23.補習 [bu3xi2], v.i. & n., (take) supplementary classes: 惡性補習 extra coaching lessons to help pass examinations, which injure and upset students’ health.
24.補足 [bu3zu2], v.t., supply what is lacking (statement, expense).
25.補碗的 [bu3wan3de0], n., porcelain mender.
26.補藥 [bu3yao4], n., tonic.
27.補遺 [bu3yi2], n., supplement oft. edited to supply missing material in collected works or main work; addendum.