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凑合

còu he

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 湊合

凑合 (còu he) means "to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 凑合 means

1. to bring together
2. to make do in a bad situation
3. to just get by
4. to improvise
5. passable
6. not too bad

The characters in 凑合

• 凑còuto gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to
• 合héto close; to join; to fit

Where 凑合 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cì–dā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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