补救

Traditional (Taiwan): 補救

bǔjiù ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

    • to remedy

Character by character

Classifiers (measure words)

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 弥补 míbǔ
    • 弥补赤字 to make up a deficit
    • 无法弥补 impossible to make up for

Telling them apart

补救 stresses taking action to reduce or undo errors that have already appeared, and goes with words like 缺点, 错误 and 损失. 弥补 stresses filling a gap or shortfall, and goes with words like 缺陷, 亏损 and 不足.

Other words read bǔjiù

bujiu with other tones

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