弥补

mí bǔ · mi bu

Traditional 彌補

Meaning

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  1. to complement
  2. to make up for a deficiency

In a sentence

2 examples
01

世(shì)上(shàng)没(méi)有(yǒu)任(rèn)何(hé)的(de)成(chéng)功(gōng),能(néng)够(gòu)弥(mí)补(bǔ)家(jiā)庭(tíng)的(de)失(shī)败(bài)。

There is no success in the world that makes up for the failure of the family.

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02

他(tā)想(xiǎng)用(yòng)加(jiā)倍(bèi)的(de)努(nǔ)力(lì)来(lái)弥(mí)补(bǔ)之(zhī)前(qián)的(de)失(shī)误(wù)。

He wants to make up for his previous mistake with doubled effort.

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