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Còuhe Hái Make Zhè Zhe Néng Jì 凑合

Front 凑合
còuhe
Back • 1) собирать(ся)
• 2) кое-как; с грехом пополам
VERB
1 gather together; collect; assemble

昨天下班后大伙儿凑合在一起练歌。
Zuótiān xiàbān hòu dàhuǒr còuhe zài yīqǐ liàn gē.
Yesterday we gathered after work to practise singing.
2 improvise

请大家会前作好发言准备, 不要临时凑合。
Qǐng dàjiā huì qián zuò hǎo fāyán zhǔnbèi, bùyào línshí còuhe.
Please prepare before coming to the meeting. Don’t speak off the cuff.
3 make do

我这件棉袄凑合着还能穿一冬。
Wǒ zhè jiàn mián'ǎo còuhe zhe hái néng chuān yī dōng.
I can make this padded jacket do for another winter.

他没有学过会计, 但还能凑合着记记账。
Tā méiyǒu xué guò kuàijì, dàn hái néng còuhe zhe jì jì zhàng.
He isn’t a trained accountant, but he manages to keep simple accounts.

ADJECTIVEpassable; not too bad

这本小说怎么样?——还凑合。
Zhè běn xiǎoshuō zěnmeyàng? —— hái còuhe.
What do you think of this novel?—Not too bad.

VARIANTS
凑乎〔湊乎〕 còuhu

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