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Meaning of 暗

Pinyin àn

Radical

日

Strokes

Definition

dark / gloomy / hidden / secret, to shut the door / unilluminated

Usage

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暗 [àn] 形 (adjective) 1. 不亮，没有光，与“明”相对: dim; dark; dull - 例: 黑暗 (black darkness), 暗淡 (a. not bright; b. metaphorically refers to a tragic situation), 阴暗 (gloomy), 暗无天日 (dark with no daylight). 2. 不公开的，隐藏不露的: hidden; secret - 例: 暗藏 (to hide), 暗号 (secret code), 暗杀 (assassination), 暗娼 (secret prostitution), 暗沟 (hidden drain), 暗含 (implicitly suggest); 进行的事情言谈中隐含的意思未明确说出, 暗流 (a. flowing underground water; b. metaphorically refers to covert ideological tendencies or social dynamics), 明察暗访 (to investigate secretly). 3. 愚昧，糊涂: dull; stupid; unclear - 例: 暗昧 (truth is not clear; ambiguous), 暗主 (an ignorant ruler). 4. 地下: underground 副 (adverb) 1. 默默地: do not say a word; keep silent - 例: 暗诵 (recite silently), 暗数 (count quietly), 暗写 (write silently). 2. 秘密; 暗中: in secret - 例: 曹节王甫，暗杀太后 (Cao Jie Wangfu secretly assassinated the Empress Dowager). 名 (noun) 1. 天黑: darkness - 例: 暗夜 (dark night), 暗风 (wind of the night). 2. 黑夜: night 动 (verb) 使昏暗: gloom; cloud - 例: 大车扬飞尘，亭午暗阡陌 (The dust raised by the big cart clouds the paths at noon).

柳暗花明又一村 liǔ àn huā míng yòu yī cūn

There is a way out (for somebody). / Every cloud has a silver lining.

暗喜 àn xǐ

hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans

暗喻 àn yù

metaphor

暗器 àn qì

concealed weapon

暗娼 àn chāng

unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute

幽暗 yōu àn

gloom

忽明忽暗 hū míng hū àn

flicker

暗恋 àn liàn

to be secretly in love with

暗挖 àn wā

underground excavation

黑暗 hēi àn

dark / darkly / darkness

昏暗 hūn àn

dusky

天昏地暗 tiān hūn dì àn

a murky sky over a dark earth / dark all round / gloomy above and dark below

晦暗 huì àn

dark and gloomy

暗暗 àn àn

secretly / inwardly

暗示 àn shì

to hint / to suggest / suggestion / hint

暗中 àn zhōng

in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously

暗想 àn xiǎng

think to oneself

暗自 àn zì

inwardly / to oneself / secretly

暗道 àn dào

secret passage / secret tunnel

暗算 àn suàn

to plot against

阴暗 yīn àn

dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)

暗淡 àn dàn

dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak

暗杀 àn shā

to assassinate

暗地里 àn dì li

secretly / inwardly / on the sly

暗藏 àn cáng

to hide / to conceal

暗处 àn chù

secret place

暗笑 àn xiào

laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker

暗号 àn hào

secret signal (sign) / countersign / password

暗红色 àn hóng sè

wine / dark red / dull red / marroon / kermesinus

暗渠 àn qú

underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert

暗滩 àn tān

hidden shoal

灰暗 huī àn

dull gray / drab / murky

暗疮 àn chuāng

acne

暗礁 àn jiāo

submerged reef (rock)

暗渡陈仓 àn dù Chén cāng

lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion