惨淡 (cǎn dàn) — gloomy, bleak, dismal; (in 惨淡经营) painstaking, arduous (effort)

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• 这家小店生意惨淡，快要关门了。
  Zhè jiā xiǎo diàn shēng yì cǎn dàn, kuài yào guān mén le.
  This small shop's business is dismal; it's about to close.
• 天空惨淡，像是要下大雨了。
  Tiān kōng cǎn dàn, xiàng shì yào xià dà yǔ le.
  The sky is gloomy, as if a heavy rain is coming.
• 他惨淡经营了十年，终于把公司做大了。
  Tā cǎn dàn jīng yíng le shí nián, zhōng yú bǎ gōng sī zuò dà le.
  He managed painstakingly for ten years and finally grew the company.