拆东墙补西墙
Traditional form:
拆東牆補西牆
Pinyin (reading):
chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng
Definitions:
- lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)
- fig. to borrow from Peter to pay Paul
Characters:
- 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
- 东 - east, eastern, eastward
- 墙 - wall
- 补 - to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 西 - west, western, westward
- 墙 - wall
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