乌 黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark 深 deep / depth / deeply / (of a color) dark / deep / rich 黑 black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) 黑 暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness 暗 黑 àn hēi dark / dim 阴 暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) 暗 淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak 黝 黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned 深 色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 幽 冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades 惨 淡 cǎn dàn dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort 阴 沉 沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood) 黑 糊 糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct 黎 (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 昧 to conceal / dark 冥 dark / deep / stupid / the underworld 黯 deep black / dark / dull (color) 晦 last day of a lunar month / dark / night 缁 Buddhists / black silk / dark 黢 black / dark 黧 dark / sallow color 暝 dark 黪 dark / dim / gloomy / bleak 窔 dark / deep / southeast corner of room 暪 dark 月 黑 天 yuè hēi tiān the dark / night 浅 黑 qiǎn hēi dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented 叆 misty / cloudy sky / dark / obscure 黑 马 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner 明 月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] 暗 中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously 深 蓝 shēn lán dark blue 黑 道 hēi dào dark road / criminal ways / the underworld / see also 白道[bai2 dao4] 黑 幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets 天 黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk 黑 眼 圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 碧 绿 bì lu:4 dark green 长 夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 阴 云 yīn yún dark cloud 殷 红 yān hóng dark red 蒙 在 鼓 里 méng zài gǔ lǐ lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark 黑 斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 碧 蓝 bì lán dark blue 墨 绿 色 mò lu:4 sè dark or deep green 摸 黑 mō hēi to grope about in the dark 晦 暗 huì àn dark and gloomy 墨 绿 mò lu:4 dark green / forest green 茶 色 chá sè dark brown / tawny 明 bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods 酱 紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] 昏 天 黑 地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times 阴 暗 面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) 深 绿 shēn lu:4 dark green 深 灰 色 shēn huī sè dark gray 黑 旋 风 Hēi Xuàn fēng Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion 熊 猫 眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 深 棕 色 shēn zōng sè dark brown 阴 湿 yīn shī dark and moist 橙 红 色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 弃 暗 投 明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one 黑 灯 瞎 火 hēi dēng xiā huǒ pitch dark 漆 黑 一 团 qī hēi yī tuán pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark 黑 茶 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) 一 团 漆 黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark 黑 不 溜 秋 hēi bù liū qiū dark and swarthy 阴 面 yīn miàn shady side / dark side 茶 褐 色 chá hè sè dark brown / tawny 苍 dark blue / deep green / ash-gray 殷 dark red 瞒 to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark 褐 brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] 黝 black / dark green 绯 dark red / purple silk 昙 dark clouds 杳 dark and quiet / disappear 綦 dark gray / superlative / variegated 驖 dark brown horse 黮 black, dark / unclear / private 杳 无 人 烟 yǎo wú rén yān dark and uninhabited (idiom) / remote and deserted / God-forsaken 无 的 放 矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark 头 昏 眼 暗 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo 黑 灯 下 火 hēi dēng xià huǒ pitch dark / also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] 宵 衣 旰 食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters 暗 适 应 àn shì yìng (visual physiology) dark adaptation 綪 dark red color (of silk product) 伭 Xián (literary) cruel / ruthless / (literary) dark red / black 明 枪 好 躲 ， 暗 箭 难 防 míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies 明 枪 易 躲 ， 暗 箭 难 防 míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies 暗 星 云 àn xīng yún dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind) / absorption nebula 暗 灰 色 àn huī sè dark gray 暗 紫 色 àn zǐ sè dark purple 月 孛 yuè bèi lunar apogee (point in the moon's orbit furthest from earth) / imaginary heavenly body occupying the second focus of the moon's elliptic orbit / dark moon / Lilith 棕 黑 zōng hēi dark brown 浑 茫 hún máng the dark ages before civilization / limitless reaches / vague and confused 溟 海 míng hǎi a dark sea 乌 蓝 wū lán dark blue 芸 苔 子 yún tái zǐ rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜 邃 宇 suì yǔ large house that is dark and labyrinthine 黑 森 森 hēi sēn sēn dark and forbidding 黑 魆 魆 hēi xū xū pitch dark
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