暗 àn

1. àn adjective dark; obscure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不明亮 (CCD '暗' 1; Guoyu '暗' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '暗', p. 6; Unihan '暗'; XHZD '暗' 1)
2. àn adjective in secret; covert; hidden; clandestine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不公开的; for example, 明人不做暗事 'honest people do not do things in secret' (CCD '暗' 2; Guoyu '暗' adj 4; Mathews 1931 '暗', p. 6; Unihan '暗'; XHZD '暗' 2)
3. àn verb to shut (out the light)
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '暗' v)
4. àn adjective confused
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不明事理 (CCD '暗' 3; Guoyu '暗' adj 3; XHZD '暗' 3)
5. àn adjective shady; in the shade
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 阴翳 (Guoyu '暗' adj 2)
6. àn adjective dull; not shiny
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 無光澤的 (Guoyu '暗' adj 5)
7. àn adverb stealthily
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 默不作声 (Guoyu '暗' adv)
8. àn noun darkness
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '暗' n 1)
9. àn proper noun An
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '暗' n 2)

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• 暗河 underground river
• 暗器 a concealed weapon
• 暗访民情(暗訪民情) secret inquiry into the condition of the people
• 暗绿绣眼鸟(暗綠繡眼鳥) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
• 暗箭难防(暗箭難防) a secret arrow [slander] is hard to defend against ; an attack by stealth is hard to defend
• 暗礁 submerged reef (rock)
• 阴暗面(陰暗面) the dark side (of society etc)
• 暗钝(暗鈍) ignorant; uneducated; stupid
• 暗哨 hidden sentry post
• 暗自 inwardly; to oneself; secretly
• 暗煅 sealed pot calcination (TCM)
• 潜滋暗长(潛滋暗長) to secretly grow
• 暗昧 obscure ; to conceal ; ignorant ; uncertain
• 暗含 to imply; to suggest; to connote; implicit
• 暗井 blind shaft; winze
• 暗轮(暗輪) paddles of a steamer
• 暗中 in secret ; in the dark
• 暗经(暗經) latent menstruation
• 暗澹 dull
• 暗害 to kill secretly; to stab in the back
• 暗里(暗裡) in secret
• 暗喜 hidden smile; smirk; to rejoice covertly; secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
• 晦暗 dark and gloomy
• 暗算 to plot secretly
• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防(明槍易躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 暗影 shadow; umbra
• 暗腹雪鸡(暗腹雪雞) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
• 暗箱操作 covert activities (election rigging etc); under-the-table manipulations; black operations
• 暗堡 bunker
• 暗绿背鸬鹚(暗綠背鸕鶿) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
• 暗恋(暗戀) to be secretly in love with
• 暗箭伤人(暗箭傷人) to slander or injure with a backhanded means
• 暗箱 camera obscura
• 暗线光谱(暗線光譜) dark-line spectrum
• 暗门子(暗門子) a prostitute working illicitly
• 暗光鸟(暗光鳥) black-crowned night heron
• 明枪好躲，暗箭难防(明槍好躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 暗背雨燕 dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
• 柳暗花明 at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope; light at the end of the tunnel
• 暗渡陈仓(暗渡陳倉) secretly crossing the Wei River at Chencang; to feign one thing while doing another
• 明争暗斗(明爭暗鬥) to fight in both the open and in secret
• 暗处(暗處) secret place
• 暗房 a dimly lit room ; a darkroom
• 暗胸朱雀 dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
• 暗锁(暗鎖) built-in lock
• 暗潮 undercurrent
• 暗沟(暗溝) underground drain
• 恩怨暗箭 secretly injure while nursing a grievance

Also contained in

明修栈道暗渡陈仓 、 明人不做暗事 、 暗袋

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• 第二回 Chapter 69 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
• 卷五十四 列傳第二十四 陸機 陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
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Collocations

• 谅暗 (諒暗) 高宗諒暗 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 6
• 暗劣 (暗劣) 夫以曹勞暗劣 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六十四 吳書十九 諸葛滕二孫濮陽傳 Volume 64: Book of Wu 19 - Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, the two Suns, and Puyang — count: 5
• 暗主 (暗主) 暗主則不然 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 暗蔼 (暗藹) 儐暗藹兮降清壇 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 4
• 暗弱 (暗弱) 劉璋暗弱 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十五 蜀書五 諸葛亮傳 Volume 35: Book of Shu 5 - Biography of Zhuge Liang — count: 4
• 暗同 (暗同) 晻與暗同 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 3
• 暗蔽 (暗蔽) 受性暗蔽 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十二 吳書七 張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu — count: 3
• 暗君 (暗君) 暗君不自信 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十三 志第十三 樂下 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Music Part Two — count: 3
• 暗冥 (暗冥) 怪物暗冥 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 3
• 君暗 (君暗) 故孔子遭君暗臣亂 — New Discussions 新語, 卷上　道基第一　術事第二　輔政第三　無為第四　辨惑第五　慎微第六　Scroll 1 — count: 2