死店活人开
sǐ​diàn​huó​rén​kāi

success depends on human effort

  • created sense approved 死店活人开/死店活人開 · sǐ​diàn​huó​rén​kāi · success depends on human effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    死店活人开 / 死店活人開

    sǐ​diàn​huó​rén​kāi

    success depends on human effort

    literally "a dead shop is run by a living person"; any situation can be improved or solved through human ingenuity and flexible thinking

    死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · fixed 店 (literal) → 店 · diàn · shop 活人 (literal) → 活人 · huó​rén · living person 开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to set up

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