Daily Chinese Proverb: Shifting Problems

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Saturday 31 October 2009 0 comments

This proverb is one that describes exactly what has happed causing the current global recession. It talks about solving a problem, by creating the exact same problem elsewhere. Which is exactly what has happened in modern society shifting debt around until it got out of control.

拆东墙补西墙
chāi​ dōng ​qiáng ​bǔ ​xī ​qiáng​
pull down the east wall to repair the west wall


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