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to grope about in the dark
Tehran, capital of Iran
black hair
(airplane) black box
a fraudulently used credit card
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
dim; dark; murky / black
(bird species of China) black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
(bird species of China) black-throated prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
to get dark / dusk
(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
Hei Hu Quan - "Black Tiger Fist" - Martial Art
Black Forest / Schwarzwald
Herzegovina
dark; dim
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
common chimpanzee
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
HSK 7-9
blackcurrant; cassis
Dark Ages
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
the dark / night
jet-black / dark
(loanword) hackathon
Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
dark / darkly / darkness
HSK 4
blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
HSK 2
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
money laundering
to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
Black Sea
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
dark and swarthy
all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
poison pen letter (Tw)
(lit. and fig.) dark side
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
black pigment / melanin
(bird species of China) common iora (Aegithina tiphia)
(Internet slang) to make fun of oneself
to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc) / whistle-blowing
(slang) bullshit
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
(bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate
to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
(bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
(bird species of China) black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
gang-related case / criminal case
obsidian (mining)
(coll.) black person
argot / bandits' secret jargon / malicious words
soot / carbon black
vinyl
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
hacker terminology / leetspeak
whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单 and 黑名單|黑名单
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse
contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome
(bird species of China) rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)
The Matrix (1999 movie)
The Sopranos (US TV series)
(bird species of China) black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
(Internet slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor
pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark; totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim; beyond salvation
black person / an illegal
dark spot or blotch on the skin
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
black coal
black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市 (abbr. to )
blackmail
(computing) (loanword) hacker
HSK 7-9
dark and forbidding
Heihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
(bird species of China) red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate
dirty money
bold characters; bold font
pitch-black / pitch-dark
unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop
black / crow-black

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