Close the gap
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m í f é ngq í Qu è, which means to remedy a fault. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 26th year of Duke Fu.
Idiom explanation
Mending: remedy; que: fault. Remedy of fault
The origin of Idioms
Zuo Zhuan, the 26th year of the Duke of Fu, said, "it is necessary to mend the gap and save the calamity, and it is also necessary to show the old duty."
Idiom usage
In Sima Guang's Zizhitongjian, the ninth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, it is very helpful to serve emperor Gaozu and follow his concubines In the biography of Yang Zhaojian in the history of the Song Dynasty, the emperor came to the four seas and had a lot of opportunities every day. Hou Fangyu of the Qing Dynasty wrote "the first trial plan of Henan Province" that "we have to entrust people with more importance than others, and those who are entrusted with more importance are still able to be satisfied for a while." "Xiang Jun Zhi" by Chen Yun, king of Qing Dynasty: if the defense forces in Wuhan are more and more iterative, the morale will always be new, and the military will benefit.
Close the gap
draw from one to make good the deficits of another - yì bǐ zhù cǐ
Cut off one's share to heal one's family - gē gǔ liáo qīn
not to have a single penny left on - shēn wú fēn wén