算 suàn to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute syn 数 數 shù number / figure / several / a few syn 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness syn 数字 數字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 形象 xíng xiàng image / form / figure / CL:個|个[ge4] / visualization / vivid syn 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn 花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating) syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively 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 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 外形 wài xíng figure / shape / external form / contour 身影 shēn yǐng silhouette / figure syn 体形 體形 tǐ xíng figure / bodily form 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 猜中 cāi zhòng to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer syn 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner syn 亚伯 亞伯 yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 均匀 均勻 jūn yún even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc) syn 暗黑 àn hēi dark / dim 佼佼者 jiǎo jiǎo zhě well-known figure / excellent (person, company etc) syn 平面图 平面圖 píng miàn tú a plan / a planar graph / a plane figure 销售额 銷售額 xiāo shòu é sales figure / total income from sales / turnover 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) syn 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 图形 圖形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical syn 体态 體態 tǐ tài figure / physique / posture syn 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 形体 形體 xíng tǐ figure / physique / form and structure 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 教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure 社会名流 社會名流 shè huì míng liú celebrity / public figure syn 土人 tǔ rén native / aborigine / clay figure syn 合计 合計 hé jì to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider syn 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 蜡像 蠟像 là xiàng waxwork / wax figure 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 花式 huā shì fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating) 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets syn 整数 整數 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure syn 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 揣摩 chuǎi mó to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom 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 小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn syn 茶色 chá sè dark brown / tawny syn 酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn 招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority 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 英姿 yīng zī heroic bearing / dashing figure 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 知名人士 zhī míng rén shì public figure / celebrity syn 豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero / towering figure syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction 晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles 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 立体图 立體圖 lì tǐ tú three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram 头面人物 頭面人物 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 殷红 殷紅 yān hóng dark red syn 纹饰 紋飾 wén shì decorative motif / figure 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc) 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk syn 发威 發威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 幽冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades 纤体 纖體 xiān tǐ to get a slender figure / slimming 正则 正則 zhèng zé regular (figure in geometry) 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out 