这不就是拆了东墙补西墙吗？

Isn't this just tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 这不 zhèbu (coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted)
=1 这不 zhèbù connects two clauses, emphasising how the following clause substantiates the preceding clause
2 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with 也 yě) even; even if
=3 拆 chāi
  1. to tear open
  2. to tear down
  3. to tear apart
  4. to open
=3 拆 cā
  1. (dialectal) to excrete
  2. to excrete
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=5 东 Dōng surname Dong
=5 东 dōng
  1. east
  2. host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
  3. landlord
=6 墙 qiáng variant of 墙 qiáng
=6 墙 qiáng (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙 bèiqiáng)

classifiers: 面, 堵
7 补 bǔ
  1. to repair
  2. to patch
  3. to mend
  4. to make up for
  5. to fill (a vacancy)
  6. to supplement
8 西墙 Xīqiáng Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
=9 吗 má (coll.) what?
=9 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=9 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)