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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
black
HSK 2
blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
HSK 2
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
night
HSK 6
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
(computing) (loanword) hacker
HSK 7-9
ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
HSK 7-9
dirty money
(astronomy) black hole
to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc) / whistle-blowing
dark spot or blotch on the skin
Negrito
(bird species of China) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
(bird species of China) greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis)
(bird species of China) black-headed bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos)
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
(HK) torrential rain ≥ 70 mm per hour (highest level in the rainstorm warning system)
(bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
(bird species of China) kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
(bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
(bird species of China) black-throated accentor (Prunella atrogularis)
Pinot noir (grape type)
(bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi)
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵, known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
(bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)
all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
to get dark / dusk
black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
dark; dim
(bird species of China) mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)
dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道) / the underworld; criminal gangs
black person / an illegal
jet
(bird species of China) saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
gang-related
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
blacklist
pitch-black
Serbia and Montenegro (a country that existed 2003–2006)
(bird species of China) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)
lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery
black armband
see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省 / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
shadow / darkness / twilight
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
sunspot
black hair
jet-black / dark
black market
(bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市 (abbr. to )
Kuroshio current
stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
Tehran, capital of Iran
pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark; totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim; beyond salvation
black pigment / melanin
(Internet slang) (loanword) hate
mafia
Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii), a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄
pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
(written) in black and white
(lit. and fig.) dark side
(bird species of China) Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)
rye (Secale cereale)
blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc)
poison pen letter (Tw)
black piece (in Chinese chess); black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot
(slang) hater; detractor
Dark Ages
black and white TV
obsidian (mining)
can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right
Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
Black Sea
night; nightfall
Heihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
pitch dark
to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
(bird species of China) black wood pigeon; Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
pitch-dark

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