東拼西湊 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 东拼西凑 dōngpīnxīcòu ㄉㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄘㄡˋ to assemble from bits and pieces to combine items from disparate sources idiom Character by character 東(dōng)surname Dong 拼(pīn)piece together 西(xī)the West 湊(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