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HSK
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
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dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
to hint; to suggest / hint; suggestion
HSK 4
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  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
variant of
HSK 4
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(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of ) / dark (variant of )
HSK 4
in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
HSK 7-9
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
dark; dim
shadow; umbra
concealed weapon
to hide / to conceal
undercurrent
to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
dull gray / drab / murky
to be secretly in love with
underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
dark and gloomy
gloom
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
magazine / cassette
metaphor
to imply; to suggest; to connote / implicit
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
darkroom
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
dusky
code word
secret passage; secret tunnel
subtle fragrance
camera bellows / camera obscura
secretly / inwardly
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
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
undercurrent
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
underground river
submerged reef (rock)
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
internal injury / invisible damage
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
to plot against
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
(photography) darkroom
bunker
inwardly / to oneself / secretly
unmentionable disease / a disease one is ashamed of
secret agent / detective
hidden sentry post
to commit to memory / secret mark
acne
sewer; underground drainage channel
built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁 "exposed lock")
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
obscure / remaining unenlightened
secret place
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
hidden shoal
murk / murkiness
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 darken
to darken / to become tarnished
Diablo (video game series)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
Dark Ages
(physics) dark matter
at dusk / evening
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
the dark side (of society etc)
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
hidden loss (finance)
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
(visual physiology) dark adaptation
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
to monitor secretly / to spy on
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
inner room
blind shaft / winze
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
secret mark
(theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
to get pregnant out of wedlock
head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy / fainting / vertigo
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
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
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
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
black-crowned night heron (Tw)

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