còu​shù

to make up the number

凑数 湊數 còu//shù
to make up the number
To reach a required amount or number of people; to make up a shortfall
to serve as a stopgap
To fill a vacancy merely to make up the number without being truly qualified; to serve as a makeshift or unimportant replacement

Frequency

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

Cross-References

Erhua variant of

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