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What does 填补 mean?

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填补 tiánbǔ

to fill (a gap or vacancy)

Its characters

  1. 填 tián to fill in
  2. 补 bǔ to fill

In a sentence

我们需要找人填补这个空缺。 We need to find someone to fill this vacancy.

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