东补西凑
dōng​bǔ​xī​còu

to scrape together

  • created sense approved 东补西凑/東補西湊 · dōng​bǔ​xī​còu · to scrape together — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东补西凑 / 東補西湊

    dōng​bǔ​xī​còu

    to scrape together

    to scrape together or scrounge up bit by bit from various sources; (variant form) to patch together from disparate parts

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 补 (literal) → 补/補 · bǔ · to supplement 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