权宜之计

zhè zhǒng ān pái bù guò shì quán yí zhī jì

这种安排不过是权宜之计。

The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.

zhèng fǔ xiǎn rán rèn dìng xuē jiǎn lì lǜ shì zhèng zhì shang de quán yí zhī jì

政府显然认定削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。

The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.