"Darkness" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness
 hēi yǐng shadow / darkness / twilight
 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness
 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
 lí míng qián de hēi àn darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
 yè mù dī chuí darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
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