惨淡

慘淡
cǎndàn
  1. dark
  2. gloomy
  3. dismal
  4. by painstaking effort

CEDICT

  1. (of business, situation, etc.) bleak; slack
  2. bleak; slack
  3. gloomy; sombre; dim
  4. painstaking
  5. sad; desolate

Wiktionary

  1. 悲伤
  2. 昏暗
  3. 细心
  4. 萧条，冷清

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 惨 cǎn
  1. miserable
  2. wretched
  3. cruel
  4. inhuman
  5. disastrous
  6. tragic
  7. dim
  8. gloomy
2 淡 dàn
  1. insipid
  2. diluted
  3. weak
  4. mild
  5. light in color
  6. tasteless
  7. indifferent
  8. (variant of 氮 dàn) nitrogen

Containing this entry

惨淡经营 cǎndànjīngyíng to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)

Related entries

冥 míng
  1. dark
  2. deep
  3. stupid
  4. the underworld
幽冥 yōumíng
  1. dark
  2. hell
  3. netherworld
  4. hades
暗 àn
  1. dark
  2. to turn dark
  3. secret; hidden
  4. (literary) confused; ignorant
天暗了下来。

The sky turned dark.

Source: Tatoeba

暝 míng dark
暪 mèn dark
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