| 拆东墙补西墙 |
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng |
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 拆 |
chāi |
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 墙 |
qiáng |
variant of 墙 |
| 墙 |
qiáng |
wall (CL:面,堵) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙) |
| 补 |
bǔ |
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西墙 |
Xī qiáng |
Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem) |
| 墙 |
qiáng |
variant of 墙 |
| 墙 |
qiáng |
wall (CL:面,堵) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙) |