东拼西凑 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 東拼西湊 dōngpīnxīcòu ㄉㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄘㄡˋ to assemble from bits and pieces to combine items from disparate sources idiom Character by character 东(dōng)surname Dong 拼(pīn)piece together 西(xī)the West 凑(còu)gather together, pool or collect A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0