将功补过
jiāng​gōng​bǔ​guò

to atone for faults

  • created sense approved 将功补过/將功補過 · jiāng​gōng​bǔ​guò · to atone for faults — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    将功补过 / 將功補過

    jiāng​gōng​bǔ​guò

    to atone for faults

    to make up for one's mistakes or faults by doing good deeds or performing meritorious service

    将 (literal) → 将/將 · jiāng · to take 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · merit 补过 (literal) → 补过/補過 · bǔ​guò · to make amends

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense