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东挪西借

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Collocation

1
东挪西借地过日子
2
东挪西借的钱
3
他不得不东挪西借

Definition

东挪西借

Literally means:

shift east, borrow west

Actually means:

挪 means borrowing money or materials.

This phrase means borrowing money or things from many people.

挪,借用钱物。

东挪西借,形容到处向人挪借钱物。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or adverbial adjunct. (作谓语、定语、状语)
1
dōngnuójiè
东挪西借
  
,
zhǐnéng
只能
còu
dào
érzi
儿子
běijīng
北京
de
fèi
路费
  
,
dàn
xuéfèi
学费
shēnghuófèi
生活费
diǎnr  
一点儿
méiyǒu
没有
zhuóluò
着落
  

He borrowed from east and west, and could only scrape together his son's road to Beijing, but the tuition and living expenses were not lost at all.

2
men
我们
gōng
公司
de
kāixiāo
开销
hěn
  
,
tiān
yào
需要
liùwàn
五六万
yuán
  
,
kào
dōngnuójiè
东挪西借
de
qián
shì
wéichí
维持
xià
下去
de
  

Our company's expenses are very large, a day needs 560,000 yuan, relying on the money borrowed by east and west is not sustainable.

3
Xiànzài
现在
de
rén
le
得了
zhòngbìng
重病
  
,
jiā
家里
shǐ
即使
nénggòu
能够
dōngnuójiè
东挪西借
còu
xiē
yàofèi
医药费
  
,
jiějué
解决
le
gēnběn
根本
wèn
问题
  
,
可以
shuō
  
,
méiyǒu
没有
shèhuìbǎoxiǎn
社会保险
shì
xíng
不行
de
  

Now people are seriously ill, even if the family can borrow some medical expenses, can not solve the fundamental problem, it can be said that no social insurance is not possible.