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 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 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 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 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 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 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 海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea) 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 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 碧蓝 碧藍 bì lán dark blue syn 浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep 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 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 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 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 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 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 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 罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 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 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大海 dà hǎi sea / ocean syn 海浪 hǎi làng sea wave 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea / ocean surface 火海 huǒ hǎi a sea of flames syn 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 海域 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space syn 大海捞针 大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) syn 海星 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 