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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 惨淡经营

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
惨淡经营 cǎn dàn jīng yíng - to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 65,403 60,781 82,028

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cǎn- miserable
- wretched
- cruel
- inhuman
- disastrous
- tragic
- dim
- gloomy
dàn- insipid
- diluted
- weak
- mild
- light in color
- tasteless
- indifferent
- (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen
jīng- surname Jing
jīng- classics
- sacred book
- scripture
- to pass through
- to undergo
- to bear
- to endure
- warp (textile)
- longitude
- menstruation
- channel (TCM)
- abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
yíng- camp
- barracks
- battalion
- to build
- to operate
- to manage
- to strive for

Other Words Containing 惨淡经营

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
惨淡经营 - - 65,403 60,781 82,028