Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 4 entries. cǎndàn 惨淡 dark cǎndàn 慘淡 dark cǎndànjīngyíng 惨淡经营 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom) cǎndànjīngyíng 慘淡經營 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)