十五块布头儿做衣服，七拼八凑十五塊布頭兒做衣服，七拼八湊十五塊布頭兒做衣服，七拼八湊

making clothes from fifteen scraps of cloth: seven pieced, eight patched together

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Cobbled together from scattered bits in a makeshift way. Mildly disparaging.

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Simplified: 十五块布头儿做衣服，七拼八凑
Traditional (Taiwan): 十五塊布頭兒做衣服，七拼八湊
Pinyin: shíwǔ kuài bù tóur zuò yīfu, qīpīnbācòu
Bopomofo: ㄕˊ ㄨˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ˙ㄈㄨ，ㄑㄧㄆㄧㄣㄅㄚㄘㄡˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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