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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闇* | 闇* | *闇
(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of ) / dark (variant of )
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *晻* | 晻* | *晻
variant of
HSK 4
in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
HSK 7-9
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
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
to hide / to conceal
(bird species of China) black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos)
(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
bunker
(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
dark; dim
camera bellows / camera obscura
to be secretly in love with
secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
subtle fragrance
inwardly / to oneself / secretly
dusky
secretly / inwardly
to darken
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
gloom
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
the dark side (of society etc)
concealed weapon
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
(lit. and fig.) dark side
to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy
hidden loss (finance)
Dark Ages
to get pregnant out of wedlock
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")
secret passage; secret tunnel
internal injury / invisible damage
camera bag (for changing film)
code word
metaphor
submerged reef (rock)
undercurrent
to plot against
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
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
Diablo (video game series)
think to oneself
dull gray / drab / murky
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
dark and gloomy
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
to agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
to imply; to suggest; to connote / implicit
unmentionable disease / a disease one is ashamed of
underground river
(photography) darkroom
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
to kill secretly / to stab in the back
magazine / cassette
obscure / remaining unenlightened
to commit to memory / secret mark
veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
inner room
underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
at dusk / evening
secret place
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
dismal / somber
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
to be secretly delighted
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (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
submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
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
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
(computing) Dark Web
(astronomy) dark energy
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)
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
to monitor secretly / to spy on
blind shaft / winze
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)

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