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to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
b+ǔ·3rd tonep+iān·1st tonej+iù·4th toneb+ì·4th tone
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lit. to fill in gaps and pick up what has been left out (idiom) · fig. to make up for omissions and deficiencies; also written as 补缺拾遗补阙拾遗bǔ quē shí yíbring order out of chaos · set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder拨乱反正bō luàn fǎn zhèngto correct an error纠偏jiū piān
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