补牙 (bǔ yá) — to fill a tooth (dental filling)
Definition
Means 'to fill a tooth' (the dental procedure). 牙 is a separable object here — you can say 补过牙 'had a filling before' rather than only 补牙.
verb
to fill a tooth (dental filling)
Examples
- 补牙。Wǒ xià zhōu yào qù bǔ yá.I need to go get a filling next week.
- 。Tā qù nián bǔ guò liǎng cì yá.He had two fillings last year.
- 补牙。Zhè kē yá xū yào bǔ yá le.This tooth needs a filling.
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