黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness syn 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 后代 後代 hòu dài descendant / progeny / posterity / later ages / later generations syn 阴暗 陰暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) syn 蒙在鼓里 蒙在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark syn 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously syn 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner syn 许久 許久 xǔ jiǔ for a long time / for ages syn 暗黑 àn hēi dark / dim 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets syn 深蓝 深藍 shēn lán dark blue syn 惨淡 慘淡 cǎn dàn dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort syn 阴云 陰雲 yīn yún dark cloud syn 摸黑 mō hēi to grope about in the dark 茶色 chá sè dark brown / tawny syn 酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn 碧绿 碧綠 bì lǜ dark green syn 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 碧蓝 碧藍 bì lán dark blue syn 深棕色 shēn zōng sè dark brown 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 墨绿色 墨綠色 mò lǜ sè dark or deep green syn 酱紫 醬紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] 阴湿 陰濕 yīn shī dark and moist syn 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 万世 萬世 wàn shì all ages syn 殷红 殷紅 yān hóng dark red syn 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk syn 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 幽冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades 阴沉沉 陰沉沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood) syn 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 黑糊糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct syn 黑旋风 黑旋風 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 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 弃暗投明 棄暗投明 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 syn 黑灯瞎火 黑燈瞎火 hēi dēng xiā huǒ pitch dark syn 漆黑一团 漆黑一團 qī hēi yī tuán pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark syn 黑 hēi black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) syn 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark syn 茜 qiàn (bound form) Indian madder / munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red / dark red / alizarin crimson syn 冥 míng dark / deep / stupid / the underworld syn 黎 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 昧 mèi to conceal / dark syn 黝 yǒu black / dark green 殷 yān dark red syn 黑黢黢 hēi qū qū pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 黑不溜秋 hēi bù liū qiū dark and swarthy syn 晦 huì (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night syn 杳 yǎo dark and quiet / disappear syn 暝 míng dark 黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 黧 lí dark / sallow color syn 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 一團漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation syn 阴面 陰面 yīn miàn shady side / dark side 茶褐色 chá hè sè dark brown / tawny syn 黯 àn (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy 昙 曇 tán dark clouds 缁 緇 zī Buddhists / black silk / dark syn 黢 qū black / dark syn 綦 qí dark gray / superlative / variegated syn 黑洞洞 hēi dòng dòng pitch-dark syn 黪 黲 cǎn dark / dim / gloomy / bleak 窔 yǎo dark / deep / southeast corner of room 千秋万代 千秋萬代 qiān qiū wàn dài throughout the ages syn 羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person 万代千秋 萬代千秋 wàn dài qiān qiū after innumerable ages 郑人争年 鄭人爭年 zhèng rén zhēng nián Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel 驖 tiě dark brown horse 黮 tán black, dark / unclear / private 无的放矢 無的放矢 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 頭昏眼暗 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo 黑灯下火 黑燈下火 hēi dēng xià huǒ pitch dark / also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] 伸手不见五指 伸手不見五指 shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ pitch-dark (idiom) 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters 