fill a vacancy; fill in the blanks
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to fill a vacancy; to fill an empty position or post
Most common in contexts like jobs, roles, or organizational gaps.
Gōng公
sī司
zhèng正
zài在
zhāo招
pìn聘
rén人
yuán员
lái来
tián填
kòng空
yī一
gè个
zhòng重
yào要
zhí职
wèi位
。
The company is recruiting personnel to fill a critical vacancy.
Yuán原
zhǔ主
guǎn管
lí离
zhí职
hòu后
，
tā他
lín临
shí时
bèi被
diào调
lái来
tián填
kòng空
。
After the original manager left, he was temporarily transferred to fill the gap.
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Tián填
kòng空
bǔ补
quē缺
shì是
rén人
shì事
bù部
mù目
qián前
de的
zhǔ主
yào要
gōng工
zuò作
。
Filling vacancies is currently the main task of the HR department.
verb
to fill in blanks (on a form or test)
formalPrimarily an educational/testing term for exercises where words are missing.
Zhè这
cì次
kǎo考
shì试
de的
zuì最
hòu后
yī一
tí题
shì是
tián填
kòng空
tí题
。
The last question on this exam is a fill-in-the-blank question.
Qǐng请
gēn根
jù据
kè课
wén文
nèi内
róng容
tián填
kòng空
。
Please fill in the blanks according to the text.
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Tā他
kuài快
sù速
de地
tián填
wán完
le了
shēn申
qǐng请
biǎo表
shàng上
de的
suǒ所
yǒu有
kòng空
。
He quickly filled in all the blanks on the application form.