拆東補西 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 拆东补西 chāidōngbǔxī ㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) fig. temporary expedient Rob Peter to pay Paul Character by character 拆(chāi)tear open 東(dōng)surname Dong 補(bǔ)repair 西(xī)the West A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0