to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
trad. 將功補過
Also written 將功補過【jiāng gōng bǔ guò】
Characters in this word
4将
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will, shall, to use, to take, to checkmate, just a short while ago, (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- Pinyin
- jiāng
- Traditional
- 將
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 153 of 2500
功
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meritorious deed or service, achievement, result, service, accomplishment, work (physics)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 27779 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
过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500