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"to obscure" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
混淆 hùn xiáo to obscure / to confuse / to mix up / to blur / to mislead syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
无名 無名 wú míng nameless / obscure syn
茫茫 máng máng boundless / vast and obscure syn
默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom) / an outsider without any reputation / a nobody / an unknown quantity syn
隐晦 隱晦 yǐn huì vague / ambiguous / veiled / obscure syn
天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
不明不白 bù míng bù bái (idiom) obscure / dubious / shady syn
冷僻 lěng pì out-of-the-way / deserted / unfamiliar / obscure syn
瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster / the pros outweigh the cons (idiom) syn
奥 奧 ào obscure / mysterious syn
幽僻 yōu pì secluded / quiet and remote / obscure and faraway syn
暧 曖 ài (of daylight) dim / obscure / clandestine / dubious
混淆视听 混淆視聽 hùn xiáo shì tīng to obscure the facts (idiom) / to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods syn
喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn
偏题 偏題 piān tí to go off-topic / to stray from the topic / obscure question / trick exam question / catch question (CL:道[dao4]) syn
含含糊糊 hán hán hú hú (of speech) obscure / unclear / (of actions) vague / ineffectual syn
暗昧 àn mèi obscure / remaining unenlightened syn
窅 yǎo sunken eyes / deep and hollow / remote and obscure / variant of 杳[yao3]
蘁 wù to disobey / contrary / against / to go against / to violate / obscure character, possibly variant of 惡|恶[e4]
众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
曀 yì obscure / sun hidden by clouds
悜 chěng obscure
冷字 lěng zì obscure word / unfamiliar character
怸 xī obscure variant of 悉[xi1] / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1]
昧没 昧沒 mèi mò veiled / obscure
混茫 hùn máng dim / obscure
溟溟 míng míng drizzling / gloomy / dim / obscure
溟蒙 míng méng drizzling / gloomy / dim / obscure
盋 bō obscure variant of 缽|钵[bo1]
窅然 yǎo rán far and deep / remote and obscure / see also 杳然[yao3 ran2]
窈窈 yǎo yǎo obscure / dusky / far and deep / profound / see also 杳杳[yao3 yao3]
蹇拙 jiǎn zhuō clumsy (writing) / awkward / obscure
叆 靉 ài misty / cloudy sky / dark / obscure
罗生门 羅生門 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case
生冷字 shēng lěng zì obscure or archaic character
爪哇国 爪哇國 zhǎo wā guó ancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇[Zhao3wa1] / (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccessible or obscure
虚掩 虛掩 xū yǎn to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open / ajar / not fully shut / unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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