Zhè jiā gōngsī jiù xiàng yī tán sǐshuǐ, háowú huólì.
This company is like a pool of stagnant water, completely lifeless.
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The figurative reading is extremely common, 一潭死水 ('a pool of stagnant water') is the standard metaphor for a stagnant institution, market, or relationship.
