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惨淡经营
慘淡經營
cǎndànjīngyíng
1. to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)

Character Breakdown

惨
cǎn
miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
HSK 6 11 丶
淡
dàn
watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
HSK 5 11 丶
经
jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
HSK 2 8 丶
营
yíng
camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage
HSK 5 11 丶

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