凑合 (湊合)
còu he
Pinyin

Definition

凑合 (湊合)
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còu he
  1. to bring together
  2. to make do in a bad situation
  3. to just get by
  4. to improvise
  5. passable
  6. not too bad

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 100 ml
  2. 2 one-tenth of a peck
  3. 3 measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
hé bù lǒng zuǐ
  1. 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
  2. 2 grinning from ear to ear
  3. 3 mouth agape
  4. 4 gobsmacked
hé zuò
  1. 1 to cooperate
  2. 2 to collaborate
  3. 3 to work together
  4. 4 cooperation
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
hé jiā
  1. 1 whole family
  2. 2 entire household
hé yǐng
  1. 1 to take a joint photo
  2. 2 group photo

Idioms (20)

一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
分久必合,合久必分
fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn
  1. 1 lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
  2. 2 fig. things are constantly changing
劳逸结合
láo yì jié hé
  1. 1 to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)

Sample Sentences

咳,这有什么?顶多充充数,凑合着上个版面。离第二春还差得远呢。
hāi ,zhè yǒu shénme ?dǐngduō chōng chōng shù ,còuhe zhe shàng ge bǎnmiàn 。lí dì èr chūn hái chà de yuǎn ne 。
That depends on who she was.
还凑合吧。混口饭吃呗。来来来,张嫂看看有没有喜欢的,拿件穿吧!
hái còuhe ba 。hùnkǒufànchī bēi 。láiláilái ,zhāngsǎo kànkan yǒu méiyǒu xǐhuan de ,ná jiàn chuān ba !
It's not bad. It's enough to get by. Come, come, come! Cousin Zhang see whether you like anything or not. Pick out something and try it on!
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凡是老板安排的事情,只有20%是重要的,一定要把这些做好。剩下的80%,凑合就行。
fánshì lǎobǎn ānpái de shìqing ,zhǐyǒu bǎifēnzhī èrshí shì zhòngyào de ,yīdìng yào bǎ zhèxiē zuò hǎo 。shèngxià de bǎifēnzhī bāshí ,còuhe jiù xíng 。
Of all the things the boss wants me to do, only 20% are important. These, I must do well. The leftover 80%, I'll just improvise.
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