created sense approved 拆东墙补西墙/拆東牆補西牆 · chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng · to rob Peter to pay Paul — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拆东墙补西墙 / 拆東牆補西牆
chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng
to rob Peter to pay Paul
to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall; to resort to a makeshift solution that creates a new problem while solving an old one
拆 (literal) → 拆 · chāi · to demolish 东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall 补 (literal) → 补/補 · bǔ · to mend 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · west 墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition