死店活人开死店活人開死店活人開

a dead shop is run by living people

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: The shop is fixed, but those who run it can be flexible. Means you can find ways within fixed conditions.

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Simplified: 死店活人开
Traditional (Taiwan): 死店活人開
Pinyin: sǐ diàn huórén kāi
Bopomofo: ㄙˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄞ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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