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 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 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 鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored / gaily-colored syn 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 霓裳 ní cháng nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] 彩带 彩帶 cǎi dài colored ribbon / streamer / CL:條|条[tiao2] 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 彩绘 彩繪 cǎi huì painted / colored painted-on designs 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 灰白 huī bái ash-colored 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 色光 sè guāng colored light 七彩 qī cǎi seven colors / a variety of colors / multicolored / rainbow-colored 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 花花绿绿 花花綠綠 huā huā lǜ lǜ brightly colored / gaudy 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 琉璃 liú li colored glass / ceramic glaze 彩旗 cǎi qí colored flag 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 料器 liào qì glassware / colored glass household vessel 斑斓 斑斕 bān lán gorgeous / brightly colored / multicolored syn 烂漫 爛漫 làn màn unaffected / unpretentious / (literary) brightly colored / vibrant syn 殷红 殷紅 yān hóng dark red syn 花灯 花燈 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节) 张灯结彩 張燈結彩 zhāng dēng jié cǎi to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk syn 色斑 sè bān stain / colored patch / freckle / lentigo 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 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 黑糊糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct syn 花团锦簇 花糰錦簇 huā tuán jǐn cù brightly colored decorations (idiom) / splendid 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 锆石 鋯石 gào shí zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4) 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 银 銀 yín silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency 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 斑 bān spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated syn 缇 緹 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored 黎 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 彪 biāo (literary) tiger stripes / (by extension) ornate and brightly colored / (by synecdoche) young tiger / (fig.) strong / stalwart / (old) classifier for troops 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 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 大红大绿 大紅大綠 dà hóng dà lǜ bright-colored / garish syn 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 