work hard and carefully to keep one's business going
... 餐桌转盘 Lazy Susan 惨淡经营 work hard and carefully to keep one's business going 仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket ...
to manage by painstaking effort
...olidate at every step; to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step 惨淡经营 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom) 撤营 to withdraw troops ..
Journal of Leshan Teachers College
惨淡经营,汉语成语,拼音是cǎn dàn jīng yíng,意思是费尽心思辛辛苦苦地经营筹划;后指在困难的境况中艰苦地从事某种事业。出自唐代杜甫的诗句《丹青引赠曹将军霸》:“诏谓将军指绢素,意匠惨淡经营中。”