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拆东墙补西墙
chāi​dōng​qiáng​bǔ​xī​qiáng

stopgap

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拆东墙补西墙 (拆東牆補西牆) chāi​dōng​qiáng​bǔ​xī​qiáng
stopgap expression
To resort to a temporary, makeshift solution that addresses one problem by creating another, often by shifting resources from one place to another.

Frequency

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0.210 per million

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)