idiom > scrape together
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Rigged
　　Explanation: Refers to piece together the odds and ends. The idea was casually improvise.
　　Usage: Joint type; as predicate, attributive, adverbial; containing derogatory
　　Source: Qing Li, Green Park "Qiludeng" 41 back: "I am the funeral her mother, is my life line for our household of men's events, I do not feel bad money. Moreover, the weaving machines, spinning float children, a box, a Choudou table rigged, has sold more than two thousand but also the value of money. "
　　Examples: His paper is not new, are copied from the East West magazine copy, ~ come.
　　Results: Fifteen board the crime
　　Postscript: Fifteen board the crime
　　Riddle: Fifth; cloth sticker
qī pīn bā còu
　　Described as barely make do, not very good
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No. 3
　　Is rigged up to him how my day had better do! - Qing Wu Jian "Twenty years have witnessed the strange situation"
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Scrambles to piecemeal things together
　　Scrambles to piecemeal things together. Also refers to casually make do. "Twenty years have witnessed the strange status quo," the first eight ○ back: "companion Sheng Dian Nao had a best selling must ... ... rigged up, still owes more than 8000 silver." Lao She, "Four Generations Living Together" 35 : "rigged up, and get ten dollars." Guo "Bo Song," the first chapter: "It's all rigged up with people's meals barely perfunctory manner, is far from the salary."
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No. 5
　　七拼八凑 ( qī pīn bā còu )
　　解 释 指把零碎的东西拼凑起来。指胡乱凑合。
　　出 处 清·李绿园《歧路灯》第41回：“我殡葬婆婆，是我替俺家男人行一辈子的大事，我不心疼钱。况且这织布机，纺花车儿，一个箱子，一张抽斗桌，七拼八凑，卖了也值两千多钱。”
　　用 法 联合式；作谓语、定语、状语；含贬义
　　示 例 老舍《四世同堂》：“～的，弄到了十块钱。”
　　近义词 东拼西凑、东拉西扯
　　反义词 浑然一体、无懈可击
　　歇后语 十五块板子做案； 和尚的袈裟
　　灯 谜 十五；布贴画
English Expression
  1. n.:  scrape together
  2. v.:   raise money from different sources (usually implies financial stringency),   cannibalize (said of machines when supply of spare parts has run out)
Thesaurus
Rambling, borrow all around, pinch and scrape, Dongnuexijie, discriminately appoint affectionate couple