| 敲门砖 | [qiāo mén zhuān, ㄑㄧㄠ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄢ, 敲 门 砖 / 敲 門 磚] lit. a brick as a door knocker (成语 saw); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune #54,518 [Add to Longdo] |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | [chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng, ㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧㄤˊ, 拆 东 墙 补 西 墙 / 拆 東 牆 補 西 牆] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (成语 saw); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul #77,400 [Add to Longdo] |
| 挖肉补疮 | [wā ròu bǔ chuāng, ㄨㄚ ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ, 挖 肉 补 疮 / 挖 肉 補 瘡] to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (成语 saw); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient #250,159 [Add to Longdo] |
| 拆东补西 | [chāi dōng bǔ xī, ㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ, 拆 东 补 西 / 拆 東 補 西] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (成语 saw); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul #278,813 [Add to Longdo] |
