The Vocabulary of Making Do

办法总比困难多 There are always more ways than difficulties. A People’s Daily commentary introduces it as a common saying: “We often say, there are always more ways than difficulties.”

将就 To accept something reluctantly, or to get by with what is there. The Handian dictionary cites a Ming novel in which a poor family cannot afford a proper coffin and “can only make do hastily.”

凑合 To put something together on the spot, or to make do. A dictionary example reads: “Just make do with it.”

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