淡 淡 dàn dàn faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent 朦 胧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct 暗 黑 àn hēi dark / dim 黯 然 àn rán dim / sad 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 昏 花 hūn huā dim (eyesight) / blurred (vision) 幽 微 yōu wēi faint / subtle (of sound, scent etc) / profound / mysterious / dim 惨 miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy 黯 (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy 暧 (of daylight) dim / obscure / clandestine / dubious 窈 (literary) deep / profound / dim (variant of 杳[yao3]) 瞀 indistinct vision / dim 黪 dark / dim / gloomy / bleak 暡 曚 wěng méng (literary) (of daylight) dim 混 茫 hùn máng dim / obscure 溟 溟 míng míng drizzling / gloomy / dim / obscure 溟 蒙 míng méng drizzling / gloomy / dim / obscure 黑 魆 魆 hēi xū xū dim / dark / murky / black 昒 daybreak / dawn / dusky / dim 曚 昽 méng lóng (literary) (of daylight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct 魆 dim / dark / sudden / surreptitious / Taiwan pr. [xu4] 夜 色 yè sè night scene / the dim light of night 点 心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert 饮 茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) 源 远 流 长 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then 点 穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 茶 点 chá diǎn tea and cake / refreshments / tea and dim sum 蒸 笼 zhēng lóng steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum) 笼 屉 lóng tì bamboo steamer (for buns or dim sum) 萝 卜 糕 luó bo gāo radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake") 杳 冥 yǎo míng dim and dusky / far and indistinct 老 耄 lǎo mào dim sight of the aged / doddering / senile 薄 明 bó míng dim light / early dawn 点 脉 diǎn mài to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點穴|点穴[dian3 xue2] 流 沙 包 liú shā bāo salted egg custard bun / lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum) 
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