拆東牆補西牆

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient / rob Peter to pay Paul

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. to borrow from Peter to pay Paul

to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

wall / CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]

to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish

Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)