东拼西凑
dōng​pīn​xī​còu

to scrape together

  • created reference approved 东拼西凑/東拼西湊 → 东补西凑/東補西湊 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东拼西凑 / 東拼西湊 dōng​pīn​xī​còu

    东补西凑 / 東補西湊 dōng​bǔ​xī​còu

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 东拼西凑/東拼西湊 · dōng​pīn​xī​còu · to scrape together — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东拼西凑 / 東拼西湊

    dōng​pīn​xī​còu

    to scrape together

    (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 拼 (literal) → 拼 · pīn · to piece together 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 凑 (literal) → 凑/湊 · còu · to pool

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense