惨淡

Traditional form:

慘淡

Pinyin (reading):

cǎndàn

Definitions:

• dark
• gloomy
• dismal
• by painstaking effort

Characters:

• 惨 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
• 淡 - watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless

Traditional characters:

• 慘 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
• 淡 - watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless