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dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
to hint; to suggest / hint; suggestion
HSK 4
in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
HSK 7-9
(photography) darkroom
dusky
dark; dim
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
to be secretly in love with
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
to agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
Dark Ages
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
dark and gloomy
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
(visual physiology) dark adaptation
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
underground river
shadow; umbra
to imply; to suggest; to connote / implicit
submerged reef (rock)
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
(astronomy) dark energy
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
hidden sentry post
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
gloom
secret agent / detective
sewer; underground drainage channel
secret place
concealed weapon
to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
to kill secretly / to stab in the back
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
to monitor secretly / to spy on
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
inner room
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
camera bellows / camera obscura
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
the dark side (of society etc)
secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
hidden shoal
(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
to darken / to become tarnished
dull gray / drab / murky
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
metaphor
to be secretly delighted
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
secret passage; secret tunnel
subtle fragrance
murk / murkiness
obscure / remaining unenlightened
to plot against
Diablo (video game series)
underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
undercurrent
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
sexual innuendo; indirect sexual suggestion in words, gestures, images etc
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
camera bag (for changing film)
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
at dusk / evening
darkroom
code word
bunker
unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy / fainting / vertigo
acne
secretly / inwardly
submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
secret mark
to get pregnant out of wedlock
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
inwardly / to oneself / secretly
think to oneself
blind shaft / winze
to curse under one's breath / to grumble inaudibly
(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
hidden loss (finance)
(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula

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