短中抽长

to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

length / long / forever / always / constantly

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault

to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash