凑合

xià bān yǐ hòu tā men dōu còu he zài yī qǐ liàn xí chàng gē

下班以后他们都凑合在一起练习唱歌。

They gathered together after work to practise singing.

tā men còu he qǐ lai kāi huì

他们凑合起来开会。

They gathered together for a meeting.

zhè lǐ còu he le yī duī rén

这里凑合了一堆人。

The place was clustered with a crowd of people.

zhè xiē huó r tā hái còu he néng zuò

这些活儿他还凑合能做。

He can just about make do with this kind of work.

méi yǒu shén me hǎo cài còu he zhe chī ba

没有什么好菜，凑合着吃吧。

Sorry that the dishes are nothing special. We'll just make do.

tā méi yǒu xué guò kuài jì dàn hái néng còu he zhe jì zhàng

他没有学过会计，但还能凑合着记账。

He isn't a trained accountant, but he manages to keep simple accounts.

tā de rì yǔ zhī shi hái còu he

他的日语知识还凑合。

He has a passable knowledge of Japanese.

tā de xué xí hái còu he

他的学习还凑合。

His studies are passable.

tā men de zhōng wén shuǐ píng hái còu he

他们的中文水平还凑合。

Their Chinese is passable.

qǐng dà jiā huì qián zuò hǎo fā yán zhǔn bèi bù yào lín shí còu he

请大家会前作好发言准备，不要临时凑合。

Please prepare before coming to the meeting. Don't speak offhand.

wǒ bǎ cóng bào zhǐ shang sōu jí lái de shì shí còu he chéng yī gè gù shi

我把从报纸上搜集来的事实凑合成一个故事。

I make up a story by piecing together facts gathered from the papers.