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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
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  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
dark roast (coffee) / Taiwan pr. [shen1pei4]
to grope about in the dark
in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
HSK 7-9
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
dim; dark; murky / black
to get dark / dusk
dark / dark colored
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka / (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
HSK 7-9
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
the dark side (of society etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褐* | 褐* | *褐
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
HSK 7-9
bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL: 輪|轮
dark; dim
jet-black / dark
dark chocolate
Dark Ages
fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) / quality goods need no advertising
dark brown
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of ) / dark (variant of )
HSK 4
dark green / forest green
dark green
HSK 7-9
lush green / dark green / turquoise
the dark / night
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
dark and gloomy
jet-black / pitch-dark
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冥* | 冥* | *冥
dark / deep / stupid / the underworld
dark brown / tawny
dark or deep green
dark and swarthy
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
pitch-dark (idiom)
(visual physiology) dark adaptation
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
(astronomy) dark energy
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伭* | 伭* | *伭
(literary) cruel; ruthless / (literary) dark red; black
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殷* | 殷* | *殷
dark red
curtain of night / gathering darkness
dark red
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苍* | 苍* | *苍
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse
Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵, known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
(bird species of China) dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
dark red color (of silk product)
(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
dark spot or blotch on the skin
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
dark and forbidding
dark red
(computing) Dark Web
to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda
dark cloud
pitch-black / pitch-dark
dark reddish purple
dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子
bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昧* | 昧* | *昧
to conceal / dark
red-orange color / dark orange
dark gray
dark blue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *魆* | 魆* | *魆
dim; dark / sudden / surreptitious / Taiwan pr. [xu4]
pitch-dark
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark
shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
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
dark and moist
dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
dark (weather, mood)
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窔* | 窔* | *窔
dark / deep / southeast corner of room
shadow / darkness / twilight
dark / black / suntanned
a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴, used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring
dark red / crimson / also pr. [hong2 yin1 yin1]
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
pitch-dark; coal black
dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶)
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茜* | 茜* | *茜
(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson
pitch-black / pitch-dark
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining)
dark; unlit / a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark; totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim; beyond salvation
dark blue
moss green / dark sea green

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