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 青豆 qīng dòu green soybean / green peas 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 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 青葱 青蔥 qīng cōng scallion / green onion / verdant / lush green syn 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 殷红 殷紅 yān hóng dark red syn 嫩绿 嫩綠 nèn lǜ tender green / soft 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 黑糊糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct syn 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet 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 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 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 翠 cuì bluish-green / green jade 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 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 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 绿色 綠色 lǜ sè green 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 绿茶 綠茶 lǜ chá green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities 绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role 青山 qīng shān green hills / (the good) life syn 绿帽子 綠帽子 lǜ mào zi green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) 眼红 眼紅 yǎn hóng to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious syn 青菜 qīng cài green vegetables / Chinese cabbage syn 绿地 綠地 lǜ dì green area (e.g. urban park or garden) syn 杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn 青色 qīng sè cyan / blue-green syn 翠绿 翠綠 cuì lǜ greenish-blue / emerald green syn 青椒 qīng jiāo Capsicum annuum / green pepper syn 豆角 dòu jiǎo string bean / snap bean / green bean syn 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 