补过

補過
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

改善归正，弥补过失。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 补 bǔ
  1. to repair
  2. to patch
  3. to mend
  4. to make up for
  5. to fill (a vacancy)
  6. to supplement
=2 过 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 过 guo (experienced action marker)

Containing this entry

将功补过 jiānggōngbǔguò to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)

Related entries

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