còu​shù

fill numbers

凑数 (湊數) còu​shù
fill numbers
to make up a shortfall in the required number of people or items to reach a total
stopgap verb
to serve as a filler or makeshift substitute, often implying that the quality is just barely sufficient

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.150 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.367 per million

Sources

Definitions
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