to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
trad. 補偏救弊
Also written 補偏救弊【bǔ piān jiù bì】
Characters in this word
4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
偏
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to lean, to slant, oblique, prejudiced, to deviate from average, to stray from the intended line, stubbornly, contrary to expectations
- Pinyin
- piān
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 11446 of 2500
救
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variant of 救[jiu4]
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Traditional
- 捄
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 489 of 2500
弊
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detriment, fraud, harm, defeat
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 27944 of 2500