[敲门砖 / 敲門磚, qiāo mén zhuānㄑㄧㄠ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄢ] lit. a brick as a door knocker (成语 saw); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune#54518
[拆东墙补西墙 / 拆東牆補西牆, chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiángㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧㄤˊ] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (成语 saw); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul#77400
[挖肉补疮 / 挖肉補瘡, wā ròu bǔ chuāngㄨㄚ ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ] to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (成语 saw); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient#250159
[拆东补西 / 拆東補西, chāi dōng bǔ xīㄔㄞ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧ] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (成语 saw); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul#278813