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 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 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 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot 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 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 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 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 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 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 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 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 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 黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 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 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 黑人 hēi rén black person / an illegal 黑色 hēi sè black 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 黑市 hēi shì black market 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black syn 乌云 烏雲 wū yún black cloud syn 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 狗熊 gǒu xióng black bear / coward syn 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery) syn 白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white syn 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 红茶 紅茶 hóng chá black tea / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] 