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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
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
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
(photography) darkroom
inner room
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
the dark side (of society etc)
dusky
dark; dim
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
Dark Ages
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
variant of
HSK 4
to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of ) / dark (variant of )
HSK 4
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
secret mark
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 agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
dark and gloomy
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
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
to monitor secretly / to spy on
Diablo (video game series)
secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
underground river
shadow; umbra
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
to imply; to suggest; to connote / implicit
submerged reef (rock)
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
(visual physiology) dark adaptation
to get pregnant out of wedlock
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
(astronomy) dark energy
built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁 "exposed lock")
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
hidden sentry post
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
gloom
secret agent / detective
to curse under one's breath / to grumble inaudibly
concealed weapon
to kill secretly / to stab in the back
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
to darken / to become tarnished
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
to be secretly in love with
camera bellows / camera obscura
(computing) Dark Web
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
internal injury / invisible damage
submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy
dull gray / drab / murky
metaphor
sewer; underground drainage channel
to be secretly delighted
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
secret passage; secret tunnel
subtle fragrance
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
murk / murkiness
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
obscure / remaining unenlightened
to plot against
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
undercurrent
code word
sexual innuendo; indirect sexual suggestion in words, gestures, images etc
camera bag (for changing film)
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
at dusk / evening
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
darkroom
bunker
unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
hidden shoal
secret place
hidden loss (finance)
to commit to memory / secret mark
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
secretly / inwardly
submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
to darken
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
inwardly / to oneself / secretly

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