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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 付け焼刃
 付け焼き刃
 付焼き刃
 付焼刃
 つけやきば
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 thin veneer
 hasty preparation
 knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
 [orig. meaning]
 re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)