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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	凑	湊	còu	cou4	to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
2	凑近	湊近	còu jìn	cou4 jin4	to approach; to lean close to
3	凑巧	湊巧	còu qiǎo	cou4 qiao3	fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
4	凑成	湊成	còu chéng	cou4 cheng2	to put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple); resulting in...
5	凑份子	湊份子	còu fèn zi	cou4 fen4 zi5	to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
6	凑付	湊付	còu fu	cou4 fu5	to put together hastily; to make do with
7	凑合	湊合	còu he	cou4 he5	to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
8	凑齐	湊齊	còu qí	cou4 qi2	to collect all the bits to make a whole
9	凑钱	湊錢	còu qián	cou4 qian2	to raise enough money to do sth; to pool money; to club together (to do sth)
10	凑趣	湊趣	còu qù	cou4 qu4	to comply in order to please others; to accommodate sb else's taste; to make fun of
11	凑热闹	湊熱鬧	còu rè nao	cou4 re4 nao5	to join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in; to create more trouble
12	凑手	湊手	còu shǒu	cou4 shou3	at hand; within easy reach; convenient; handy
13	凑数	湊數	còu shù	cou4 shu4	to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people
14	凑足	湊足	còu zú	cou4 zu2	to scrape together enough (people, money etc)