Chinese–English
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng · chai dong qiang bu xi qiang
Traditional 拆東牆補西牆
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)
- fig. to borrow from Peter to pay Paul
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