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Mandarin · pinyin chōng shù

to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)
to serve as stopgap

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充: chōng · fill, be full, supply
數: shù · number; several; count; fate
数: shù · number; several, count; fate

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1–4 · chong1 shu4

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to add unqualified members to a group of experts; to pad the numbers; to make up the number

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