补偏救弊 — Chinese idiom
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
Traditional: 補偏救弊
Meaning
- to remedy defects and correct errors ; to rectify past mistakes
Character by character
- 补bǔto fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 偏piānslanting, inclined; prejudiced
- 救jiùaid, help; to rescue, to save
- 弊bìevil, bad, wrong; fraud, harm
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
- 勤能补拙 qín néng bǔ zhuō
- 将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò
- 将勤补拙 jiāng qín bǔ zhuō
- 截长补短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn
- 拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī
- 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē
- 挖肉补疮 wā ròu bǔ chuāng
- 补天浴日 bǔ tiān yù rì
- 不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ
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