To sustain an activity by using resources acquired during the activity itself; to live off what one gains from an ongoing effort.
这个创业团队采取了以战养战的策略，将每笔订单的利润迅速投入到新产品的研发中，以保持竞争力。
This startup team adopted a strategy of 'using war to sustain war,' quickly investing the profit from each order into the research and development of new products to maintain competitiveness.
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