(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money; (coll.) to snack
trad. 墊補
Also written 墊補【diàn bu】
Characters in this word
2垫
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
pad, cushion, mat, to pad out, to fill a gap, to pay for sb, to advance (money)
- Pinyin
- diàn
- Traditional
- 墊
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 10463 of 2500
补
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to repair, to patch, to mend, to make up for, to fill (a vacancy), to supplement
- Pinyin
- bǔ
- Traditional
- 補
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 10841 of 2500