补数
bǔ shù
Pinyin

Definition

补数
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bǔ shù
  1. complementary number

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人数
rén shù
  1. 1 number of people
倒数
dào shǔ
  1. 1 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
  2. 2 to count down
  3. 3 from the bottom (lines on a page)
  4. 4 from the back (rows of seats)
分数
fēn shù
  1. 1 (exam) grade
  2. 2 mark
  3. 3 score
  4. 4 fraction
多数
duō shù
  1. 1 majority
  2. 2 most
大多数
dà duō shù
  1. 1 (great) majority
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
弥补
mí bǔ
  1. 1 to complement
  2. 2 to make up for a deficiency
指数
zhǐ shù
  1. 1 (numerical, statistical) index
  2. 2 (math.) exponent
  3. 3 index
  4. 4 exponential (function, growth)
数
shǔ
  1. 1 to count
  2. 2 to count as
  3. 3 to regard as
  4. 4 to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)
数字
shù zì
  1. 1 numeral
  2. 2 digit
  3. 3 number
  4. 4 figure
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 digital (electronics etc)
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
数学
shù xué
  1. 1 mathematics
  2. 2 mathematical
数据
shù jù
  1. 1 data
  2. 2 numbers
  3. 3 digital
数码
shù mǎ
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 numerals
  3. 3 figures
  4. 4 digital
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 numerical code
数量
shù liàng
  1. 1 amount
  2. 2 quantity
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 quantitative
次数
cì shù
  1. 1 number of times
  2. 2 frequency
  3. 3 order number (in a series)
  4. 4 power (math.)
  5. 5 degree of a polynomial (math.)
无数
wú shù
  1. 1 countless
  2. 2 numberless
  3. 3 innumerable
补
bǔ
  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to patch
  3. 3 to mend
  4. 4 to make up for
  5. 5 to fill (a vacancy)
  6. 6 to supplement
补充
bǔ chōng
  1. 1 to replenish
  2. 2 to supplement
  3. 3 to complement
  4. 4 additional
  5. 5 supplementary
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
补课
bǔ kè
  1. 1 to make up missed lesson
  2. 2 to reschedule a class
互补
hù bǔ
  1. 1 complementary
  2. 2 to complement each other

Idioms (20)

一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
  1. 1 one scare after another (idiom)
  2. 2 in a constant state of tension
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
  1. 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
  2. 2 innumerable
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
如数家珍
rú shǔ jiā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter
寥寥可数
liáo liáo kě shǔ
  1. 1 just a very few (idiom); tiny number
  2. 2 just a handful
  3. 3 not many at all
  4. 4 You count them on your fingers.
将勤补绌
jiāng qín bǔ chù
  1. 1 to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
  1. 1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
  2. 2 very few
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
  1. 1 to know the score (idiom)
  2. 2 to be well aware of the situation
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
  1. 1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
挖肉补疮
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
  1. 1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
擢发难数
zhuó fà nán shǔ
  1. 1 lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innumerable (crimes)
数一数二
shǔ yī shǔ èr
  1. 1 reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)
  2. 2 one of the very best
  3. 3 to list one by one

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