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弥补 (彌補)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

弥补 [míbǔ]
  1. 1. verb make … up
    我们要想方设法弥补这一重大损失。
    We must think of a way to make up for this heavy loss.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

弥补 [míbǔ]
  1. 1. make up; make up for;remedy; make good; compensate; fill; balance
    无法弥补的损失
    an irreparable loss
    弥补赤字
    make up (or meet) a deficit
    学习别人的优点,弥补自己的不足
    learn from other people's strong points to counteract one's own weaknesses

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

弥补 [míbǔ]
  1. 1. 补偿;补上
    弥补赤字
    弥补缺陷。

Examples

弥补亏空
meet (or make up) a deficit; make up (for) a loss
学习别人的优点,弥补自己的不足
learn from other people's strong points to counteract one's own weaknesses
我们应当学习他们的强点来弥补自己的弱点。
We should learn from their strong points to offset our weak ones.
以资弥补
to make up the deficit; to make up a shortage
这次任务他格外卖力,想将功折罪以弥补上次的失败。
This time he is going to do his utmost to make amends for the failure last time.
除了自赎,他没有别的办法来弥补对她造成的伤害。
He has no other way to redeem the hurt he has done her.
弥补

Collocations

弥补缺陷
to make remedies for defects
弥补过失
to make up a mistake
全力弥补
to make full efforts to compensate
难以弥补
hard to compensate

Word Decomposition


[mí]
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[bǔ]

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