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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
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  *闇* | 闇* | *闇
(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of ) / dark (variant of )
HSK 4
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  *晻* | 晻* | *晻
variant of
HSK 4
to hint; to suggest / hint; suggestion
HSK 4
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
HSK 7-9
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
shadow; umbra
to be secretly in love with
to hide / to conceal
secret place
to plot against
to darken
to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
dull gray / drab / murky
undercurrent
Dark Ages
undercurrent
the dark side (of society etc)
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
camera bellows / camera obscura
dark; dim
secretly / inwardly
secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
(theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
inwardly / to oneself / secretly
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
secret passage; secret tunnel
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
obscure / remaining unenlightened
gloom
lit. 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
dusky
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
(lit. and fig.) dark side
hidden loss (finance)
metaphor
code word
dark and gloomy
camera bag (for changing film)
submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy
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
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
think to oneself
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
concealed weapon
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
internal injury / invisible damage
to get pregnant out of wedlock
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
built-in lock
magazine / cassette
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
subtle fragrance
hidden shoal
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 imply; to suggest; to connote / implicit
to kill secretly / to stab in the back
submerged reef (rock)
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
blind shaft / winze
secret agent / detective
unmentionable disease / a disease one is ashamed of
to agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
inner room
unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
bunker
to commit to memory / secret mark
veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric
underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
at dusk / evening
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
dismal / somber
hidden sentry post
(astronomy) dark energy
murk / murkiness
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
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
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
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
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
to monitor secretly / to spy on
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
whistle given as a secret signal
darkroom
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)

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