chōng​shù

to make up the number

  • created sense approved 充数/充數 · chōng​shù · to make up the number — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    充数 / 充數

    chōng​shù

    to make up the number

    To fill a quota or count by using people or things that do not necessarily meet the standard or requirements; to serve as a stopgap.

    充, 数

    充 (literal) → 充 · chōng · to serve as 数 (literal) → 数/數 · shù · number

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

    created sense