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 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 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 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 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy 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 阴湿 陰濕 yīn shī dark and moist syn 杳 yǎo dark and quiet / disappear syn 头昏眼暗 頭昏眼暗 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters 浑茫 渾茫 hún máng the dark ages before civilization / limitless reaches / vague and confused 邃宇 suì yǔ large house that is dark and labyrinthine 黑森森 hēi sēn sēn dark and forbidding 黑暗面 hēi àn miàn (lit. and fig.) dark side 幽明 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 幽明 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 黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness syn 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner 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 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously syn 暗黑 àn hēi dark / dim 曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn 深蓝 深藍 shēn lán dark blue syn 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 阴暗 陰暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) syn 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 碧绿 碧綠 bì lǜ dark green syn 幽冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades 惨淡 慘淡 cǎn dàn dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort syn 阴云 陰雲 yīn yún dark cloud syn 殷红 殷紅 yān hóng dark red 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 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 碧蓝 碧藍 bì lán dark blue syn 墨绿色 墨綠色 mò lǜ sè dark or deep green syn 摸黑 mō hēi to grope about in the dark 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 茶色 chá sè dark brown / tawny 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 酱紫 醬紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 深棕色 shēn zōng sè dark brown 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 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 黑茶 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) 黑 hēi black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) syn 黑黢黢 hēi qū qū pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 阴面 陰面 yīn miàn shady side / dark side 黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 茶褐色 chá hè sè dark brown / tawny syn 黎 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 殷 yān dark red syn 昧 mèi to conceal / dark syn 瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 冥 míng dark / deep / stupid / the underworld syn 黯 àn (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy 晦 huì (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night syn 茜 qiàn (bound form) Indian madder / munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red / dark red / alizarin crimson syn 黝 yǒu black / dark green 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 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 黧 lí dark / sallow color syn 暝 míng dark 黪 黲 cǎn dark / dim / gloomy / bleak 窔 yǎo dark / deep / southeast corner of room 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 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) 暗适应 暗適應 àn shì yìng (visual physiology) dark adaptation 暗线光谱 暗線光譜 àn xiàn guāng pǔ dark-line spectrum 綪 qiàn dark red color (of silk product) 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 明槍好躲，暗箭難防 míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 明槍易躲，暗箭難防 míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies 暗星云 暗星雲 àn xīng yún (astronomy) dark nebula / absorption nebula 暗灰色 àn huī sè dark gray 暗紫色 àn zǐ sè dark purple 暪 mèn dark 