| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 权宜 | 權宜 | quányí | - expedient |
| 权变 | 權變 | quánbiàn | - to do whatever is expedient |
| 敲门砖 | 敲門磚 | qiāoménzhuān | - lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient - to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune |
| 拆东补西 | 拆東補西 | chāidōngbǔxī | - lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient - Rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 挖肉补疮 | 挖肉補瘡 | wāròubǔchuāng | - to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | 拆東牆補西牆 | chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng | - lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient - Rob Peter to pay Paul |
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