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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.fmldark; dim; dull
屋里光线过暗。
It is too dim in the room.
灯光相当暗。
The light is rather dim.
房间太暗了。
The room is too dark.
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- 2
adj.hidden; secret; clandestine
公文包的暗层
blindstory of a briefcase
明人不说暗话。
Everybody says nothing in secret.
暗派间谍
send spies in secret
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- 3
v.fmlunclear; hazy; vague; ignorant; confused; muddled
他对形式了解得若明若暗。
He has only a vague idea of the situation.
偏闻则暗。
It's confusing to listen to only one side of the story.
- 4
adv.secretly; in secret/private
暗杀
kill secretly
你知道有个人暗恋你吗？
Did you know you had a secret admirer?
她暗地里看不起他的工作。
She secretly despises his work.
Words and phrases with 暗
- 暗合[word]coincide
- 暗藏[word]hide
- 暗想[word]turn over in one's mind
- 暗器[word]concealed weapons
- 暗绿色[word]dark green
- 暗下[word]on the sly
- 暗门[word]blank door
- 暗笑[word]snicker; sneer secretly at
- 暗物质[word]dark matter
- 暗度陈仓[idiom]secretly cross the river at Chencang; enter into a secret liaison
- 暗中摸索[idiom]feel about in the dark
- 暗送秋波[idiom]convey one's love by stealing a look; curry favour with somebody secretly
- 暗箭伤人[idiom]injure somebody with a secret arrow
- 暗中盘算[idiom]calculate in one's mind
- 暗无天日[idiom]complete darkness
- 暗礁险滩[idiom]hidden shoals and dangerous reefs
- 暗箭难防[idiom]arrows shot from hiding are difficult to guard against
- 暗渡陈仓[idiom]enter into a secret liaison
Word usage
- Note"暗" is different from "黯". "黯" is mostly used to describe emotions such as sadness, melancholy, depression, etc., such as "黯然失色" and "黯然神伤"; "暗" is mostly used to describe insufficient light.