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Character Frequency Sorter

You are given a string containing lowercase letters. Your task is to sort the characters in the string based on their frequency in descending order. If two characters have the same frequency, sort them in ascending order alphabetically. Input Format: A single line containing the input string. Output Format: Print the characters sorted by frequency criteria in a single line. Example: Input: aabbccc Output: ccba

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