自転車操業

じてんしゃそうぎょう

Meanings

1. Noun barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

Kanji

• 自 self. Read as ジ.
• 転 turn. Read as テン.
• 車 car. Read as シャ.
• 操 operate. Read as ソウ.
• 業 business. Read as ギョウ.

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