To repair; to mend; to close up, as a breach; to patch; to supply; to substitute; to make up; to aid; to assist; to recruit; to strengthen; the insignia of rank sewed on the robe; a supplement or addendum.
pó ôi;
to mend shoes.
pó kâi saⁿ;
patch a garment.
pó chù-téng;
repair a roof.
pó pûaⁿ pó úaⁿ;
to mend broken crockery.
pó lāu;
stop a leak.
pó hueh;
to improve the quality of the blood.
cîah pó îeh;
take tonics.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó khì pó hueh;
this medicine strengthens the system.
pó thiap;
to make up a loss to one, as for a breakage, or for extra work.
the tonics mnst follow the depleting medicines, it is not well to first give restoratives and then give purgatives.
pó ngṳ̂n-cúi;
make up for the excess in the weight of the coins.
pó phêng-thâu;
make up for light weight.
chēng máng-phâu pó-kùa;
wore a long robe with a dragon embroidered on it, and a short tunic having the insignia of rank embroidered on oblong patches set in the back and the front.
pûe pó;
supply a new one in place of what was damaged or destroyed.
kùe saⁿ jît ău cíaⁿ lâi pó cok;
make up for absence on the day for the worship of a god, by coming with offerings three days later.
pó m̄ kùe;
unable to make up the loss.
pó lô̤h khṳ̀ kah-kah;
the patch is just large enough to cover the hole.
ciang
kong pó cŭe;
make merit offset demerit.
cîah ce, pó cek ak;
fast, to atone for accumulated sins.
cang i kâi ŭ ṳ̂ lâi pó i kâi put cok;
take his surplus to make up for his deficiencies; let works of supererogation offset sins of omission.
jĭm pó-thīⁿ, pó-thīⁿ m̄ bûa;
try in vain to patch up the matter.
siu-pó hŏ-sùaⁿ;
repair an umbrella.
pó tīo kâi jī;
cover a letter with a paper patch and rewrite it.
cí kĭaⁿ mûeh-cîah bô̤ pó-iah;
this food has no nourishment in it.
i sĭ hāu pó kuaⁿ;
he waits to take the place of the departing official.
hāu pó nâng ŵn;
an officer waiting to take his post.
ngŏ̤ khueh ciet pó;
at once fill a vacancy in office.
pó-sĭu móng-kò̤ kâi ti-hú;
take the place of the prefect in a certain department.
pó khueh;
fill a vacancy.
tìo jîp khṳ̀ pó cò̤ lăi kuaⁿ;
summoned to fill an office in Peking.
bûn kuaⁿ cò̤-nî hó̤ pó bú khueh?
How can a civil officer supply a vacancy in a military office?
pó kàu kng-seⁿ kng-seⁿ;
mended so skillfully that one cannot see the patch.
pó thìaⁿ;
make amends to him for pain inflicted.
i ang ŏi li pó bó bŏi, i bó ŏi li pó ang bŏi;
the ability of the husband makes up for the incompetence of the wife, and the ability of the wife for the inefficiency of the husband.
