| 将功补过 |
jiāng gōng bǔ guò |
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom) |
| 将 |
jiāng |
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) |
| 将 |
jiàng |
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) |
| 将 |
qiāng |
to desire / to invite / to request |
| 功 |
gōng |
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics) |
| 补 |
bǔ |
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement |
| 补过 |
bǔ guò |
to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |