黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness syn 蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 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 蓝天 藍天 lán tiān blue sky syn 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 碧眼 bì yǎn blue eyes 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 蓝领 藍領 lán lǐng blue-collar / blue-collar worker 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 蔚蓝 蔚藍 wèi lán azure / sky-blue syn 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises 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 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 青色 qīng sè cyan / blue-green syn 翠绿 翠綠 cuì lǜ greenish-blue / emerald green syn 茶色 chá sè dark brown / tawny syn 酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn 晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂 qíng tiān pī lì lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue syn 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 碧绿 碧綠 bì lǜ dark green syn 青筋 qīng jīn veins / blue veins 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 蓝鲸 藍鯨 lán jīng blue whale 深棕色 shēn zōng sè dark brown 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 苍穹 蒼穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven syn 晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world syn 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 天蓝 天藍 tiān lán sky blue syn 青花 qīng huā blue and white (porcelain) 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] 青花瓷 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain 阴湿 陰濕 yīn shī dark and moist syn 蓝藻 藍藻 lán zǎo cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) 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 碧空 bì kōng the blue sky syn 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk syn 蓝筹股 藍籌股 lán chóu gǔ blue chip stock 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 幽冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades 淡蓝色 淡藍色 dàn lán sè light blue 苍龙 蒼龍 cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) syn 绩优股 績優股 jì yōu gǔ gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock 阴沉沉 陰沉沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood) syn 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 黑糊糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct syn 蓝龙 藍龍 lán lóng blue 蓝月亮 藍月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet 石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue 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 宝蓝 寶藍 bǎo lán sapphire blue syn 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 藏青色 zàng qīng sè navy blue 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 蓝色基因 藍色基因 lán sè jī yīn Blue 黑 hēi black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) syn 蓝 藍 lán blue / indigo plant 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 青 qīng green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) 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 碧 bì green jade / bluish green / blue / jade syn 黎 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 青瓦台 青瓦臺 qīng wǎ tái the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park 海军蓝 海軍藍 hǎi jūn lán navy blue syn 昧 mèi to conceal / dark syn 黝 yǒu black / dark green 殷 yān dark red syn 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 黑黢黢 hēi qū qū pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 黑不溜秋 hēi bù liū qiū dark and swarthy syn 