填补
填补填補 tián bǔ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˇ tin4 bou2 HSK 7-9
- to fill a gap
- to fill in a blank (on a form)
- to overcome a deficiency
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
填
- 填充 tián chōng ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄥ tin4 cung1 to fill up; to stuff
- 填写填寫 tián xiě ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ tin4 se2 to fill in a form
- 填空 tián kòng ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄥˋ tin4 hung1 to fill a job vacancy
- 代填 dài tián ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ doi6 tin4 to fill in a form for sb else
- 充填 chōng tián ㄔㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢˊ cung1 tin4 to fill (gap, hole, area, blank)
- 回填 huí tián ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ wui4 tin4 to backfill
Idioms with these characters
- 恨海难填恨海難填 hèn hǎi nán tián ㄏㄣˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ han6 hoi2 naan4 tin4 sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division
- 精卫填海精衛填海 Jīng wèi tián hǎi ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ zing1 wai6 tin4 hoi2 lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
- 义愤填胸義憤填胸 yì fèn tián xiōng ㄧˋ ㄈㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ji6 fan5 tin4 hung1 righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
- 义愤填膺義憤填膺 yì fèn tián yīng ㄧˋ ㄈㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄥ ji6 fan5 tin4 jing1 righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
- 欲壑难填慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián ㄩˋ ㄏㄜˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ juk6 kok3 naan4 tin4 (idiom) insatiably greedy
- 补偏救弊補偏救弊 bǔ piān jiù bì ㄅㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄧˋ bou2 pin1 gau3 bai6 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
- 补天浴日補天浴日 bǔ tiān yù rì ㄅㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩˋ ㄖˋ bou2 tin1 juk6 jat6 lit. Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun (idiom)
- 拆东补西拆東補西 chāi dōng bǔ xī ㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ caak3 dung1 bou2 sai1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
- 将功补过將功補過 jiāng gōng bǔ guò ㄐㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ zoeng1 gung1 bou2 gwo3 to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
- 将勤补拙將勤補拙 jiāng qín bǔ zhuō ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ zoeng1 kan4 bou2 zyut3 (idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work