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

Character Breakdown

惨
cǎn
miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
HSK 6 11 丶
淡
dàn
watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (1)

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

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