補過

补过
bǔguò
  1. to make up for an earlier mistake
  2. to make amends

CEDICT

to make up for an earlier mistake; to make amends

Wiktionary

改善歸正，彌補過失。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 補 bǔ
  1. to repair
  2. to patch
  3. to mend
  4. to make up for
  5. to fill (a vacancy)
  6. to supplement
=2 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=2 過 guo (experienced action marker)

Containing this entry

將功補過 jiānggōngbǔguò to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)

Related entries

賠禮 péilǐ
  1. to offer an apology
  2. to make amends