补选
bǔ xuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

补选
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bǔ xuǎn
  1. by-election

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

精选
jīng xuǎn
  1. 1 carefully chosen
  2. 2 handpicked
  3. 3 best of the bunch
  4. 4 choice (product)
  5. 5 concentration (mining)
  6. 6 to concentrate
  7. 7 to winnow
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
评选
píng xuǎn
  1. 1 to select on the basis of a vote or consensus
选
xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to pick
  3. 3 to select
  4. 4 to elect
选择
xuǎn zé
  1. 1 to select
  2. 2 to pick
  3. 3 choice
  4. 4 option
  5. 5 alternative
选项
xuǎn xiàng
  1. 1 to make a choice (between several alternatives)
  2. 2 a choice
  3. 3 an option
  4. 4 an alternative
人选
rén xuǎn
  1. 1 choice of person
  2. 2 candidate
任选
rèn xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose arbitrarily
  2. 2 to take whichever one fancies
修补
xiū bǔ
  1. 1 to mend
候选
hòu xuǎn
  1. 1 candidate (attributive)
候选人
hòu xuǎn rén
  1. 1 candidate
  2. 2 CL:名[míng]
备选
bèi xuǎn
  1. 1 alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)
入选
rù xuǎn
  1. 1 to be chosen
  2. 2 to be elected as
填补
tián bǔ
  1. 1 to fill a gap
  2. 2 to fill in a blank (on a form)
  3. 3 to overcome a deficiency
大选
dà xuǎn
  1. 1 general election
弥补
mí bǔ
  1. 1 to complement
  2. 2 to make up for a deficiency
恶补
è bǔ
  1. 1 to overdose on supplementary medicine
  2. 2 to cram too hard
挑选
tiāo xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to select
替补
tì bǔ
  1. 1 to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc)
  2. 2 a substitute
  3. 3 a replacement
海选
hǎi xuǎn
  1. 1 direct, winner-takes-all system of election in use for village committees
  2. 2 preselection for a competition

Idioms (12)

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
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
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
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
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

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