- 慘淡經營
- cǎndànjīngyíngkeep (an enterprise, etc.) going by painstaking effort; take great pains to carry on one's work under difficult circumstances* * *can3 dan4 jing1 ying2to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)* * *慘淡經營|惨淡经营 [cǎn dàn jīng yíng] ► to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.