拾遗补缺

Traditional form:

拾遺補缺

Pinyin (reading):

shíyíbǔquē

Definitions:

• to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)

Characters:

• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 遗 - to lose; a lost article
• 补 - to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit

Traditional characters:

• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 遺 - to lose; a lost article
• 補 - to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit