补泻 (補瀉)
bǔ xiè
Pinyin
Definition
补泻 (補瀉)
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- reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to complement
- 2 to make up for a deficiency
- 1 to repair
- 2 to patch
- 3 to mend
- 4 to make up for
- 5 to fill (a vacancy)
- 6 to supplement
- 1 to make up missed lesson
- 2 to reschedule a class
- 1 complementary
- 2 to complement each other
Idioms (12)
亡羊补牢
- 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act belatedly
- 3 better late than never
- 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
取长补短
- 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- 2 to use this in place of that
- 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
将勤补绌
- 1 to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
小洞不堵,大洞难补
- 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
- 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine