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The writer paints a gloomy picture of the economy.
Some good might come of all this gloomy business.

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Open the tool →惨淡 (cǎn dàn) means “Bleak, dismal, or desolate”.
惨淡 is pronounced cǎn dàn in Mandarin Chinese.
“Bleak, dismal, or desolate.” is 惨淡 (cǎn dàn) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 惨淡, each with pinyin and an English translation.