拆东补西
Traditional form:
拆東補西
Pinyin (reading):
chāidōngbǔxī
Definitions:
- lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
- Rob Peter to pay Paul
Characters:
- 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
- 东 - east, eastern, eastward
- 补 - to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 西 - west, western, westward
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