短中抽长 in English duan3 zhong1 chou1 chang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to make the best of a bad job
  • to make the best use of limited resources (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

短 中 抽 长

Traditional Characters

短 中 抽 長

Pinyin

duan3 zhong1 chou1 chang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

短duan3short 中zhong1China 抽chou1to draw out 长zhang3length