bǔ​cháng HSK5

compensate

补偿 (補償) bǔ​cháng
compensate verb
to pay someone in money or goods for a loss, injury, or service

The company paid medical compensation to the injured employee.

make up verb
to counteract or offset a deficiency, shortfall, or lost time

He wants to make up for the falling behind schedule by working overtime.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
21.0 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
29.7 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Sources

Definitions
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