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còu · cou

Traditional 湊

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to gather together, pool or collect
  2. to happen by chance
  3. to move close to
  4. to exploit an opportunity

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)卖(mài)了(le)房(fáng)子(zi)和(hé)家(jiā)具(jù),连(lián)同(tóng)我(wǒ)的(de)手(shǒu)饰(shì)一(yì)起(qǐ)才(cái)凑(còu)了(le)五(wǔ)十(shí)万(wàn)。

I sold my house and furniture, together with my jewelry, in order to scrape together a half a million.

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02

大(dà)家(jiā)凑(còu)了(le)点(diǎn)钱(qián),给(gěi)老(lǎo)师(shī)买(mǎi)了(le)一(yí)份(fèn)礼(lǐ)物(wù)。

Everyone pooled some money and bought the teacher a gift.

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