put all sorts of things together(dōng pīn xī còu)

put all sorts of things together

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGP ī nx ī C ò u, which means the metaphor of patchwork. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "because it is the key to a son's life, it can't be said that he can't put things together. He respectfully granted a salute of twenty-four Liang Zhi and brought Qin Zhong to the Confucianists."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. The third chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: so it's easy to make this number. I hope you can be an official in Beijing. If you are an official outside, you won't be bullied at home. Don't be ridiculous and use the silver for nothing. Chapter 28 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty: when he was on the way, he had already pieced together three thousand silver, which was specially used for the management of the prison. The whole family tried their best to scrape together his medical expenses.

Idiom story

Baoyu asks Jia's mother to allow Qin Keqing's younger brother Qin Zhong to go to school with him. Qin Zhong is very happy and goes back to talk to his father Qin Ye. Qin ye saw that his son's teacher had passed away, which was a good opportunity. But he was a shy official, and Jia's house was full of rich eyes, so he had to cobble together 24 liang of silver to send Qin Zhong to Jia's school.

Chinese PinYin : dōng pīn xī còu