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)

Contained in

• 暗号(暗號) secret signal; countersign; cipher
• 暗访民情(暗訪民情) secret inquiry into the condition of the people
• 发暗(發暗) to darken; to become tarnished
• 幽暗 gloom
• 暗无天日(暗無天日) all black, no daylight; a world without justice
• 暗钝(暗鈍) ignorant; uneducated; stupid
• 月暗 the moon was dark
• 暗想 to ponder
• 暗潮 undercurrent
• 暗能量 dark energy
• 暗堡 bunker
• 暗箱操作 covert activities (election rigging etc); under-the-table manipulations; black operations
• 黎明前的黑暗 darkness comes before dawn; things can only get better
• 暗适应(暗適應) dark adaptation
• 凄暗(淒暗) dismal; somber
• 明里暗里(明裡暗裡) overtly and secretly; explicitly and implicitly
• 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
• 暗滩(暗灘) hidden shoal
• 暗井 blind shaft; winze
• 潜滋暗长(潛滋暗長) to secretly grow
• 暗算 to plot secretly
• 暗地里(暗地裡) secretly; inwardly; on the sly
• 暗灰鹃䴗(暗灰鵑鶪) black-winged cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos)
• 暗疮(暗瘡) acne
• 暗锁(暗鎖) built-in lock
• 灰暗 dull gray; drab; murky
• 暗亏(暗虧) hidden loss
• 暗察明访(暗察明訪) open enquiries and secret search; to investigate openly and in secret
• 黑暗 dark ; corrupt; evil
• 名重识暗(名重識暗) of great reputation but shallow in knowledge
• 暗淡 dim; faint; dismal; gloomy
• 明查暗访(明查暗訪) open enquiries and secret search; to investigate openly and in secret
• 暗沙 submerged sandbank; submerged coral islet
• 暗藏 to hide; to conceal
• 暗轮(暗輪) paddles of a steamer
• 柳暗花明 at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope; light at the end of the tunnel
• 暗星云(暗星雲) dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind); absorption nebula
• 暗射地图(暗射地圖) a map with only symbols
• 暗门子(暗門子) a prostitute working illicitly
• 暗红(暗紅) dark red
• 明暗 brightness
• 暗访(暗訪) to make secret inquiries; to investigate in secret
• 黝暗 murk; murkiness
• 暗河 underground river
• 暗记(暗記) to learn by heart; to commit to memory ; a secret seal
• 暗指 to hint at; to imply; something hidden
• 明察暗访(明察暗訪) open enquiries and secret search; to investigate openly and in secret
• 潜移暗化(潛移暗化) concealed moves, hidden changes; subtle influences

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暗世 、 暗袋 、 暗喻

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• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 卷一百十二　表第六上: 宰相年表一 Volume 112 Tables 7: Chancellors 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 12
• 卷一百三十三　列傳第二十: 塔出 拜延 也罕的斤 葉仙鼐 脫力世官 忽剌出 重喜 旦只兒 脫歡 完者都拔都 失里伯 孛蘭奚 怯烈 暗伯 也速䚟兒 昔都兒 Volume 133 Biographies 20: Tachu, Baiyan, Yehandejin, Yexiannai, Tuolishiguan, Hulachu, Zhongxi, Danzhier, Tuohuan, Wanzhedoubadou, Shilibo, Beilanxi, Qielie, Anbo, Yesudai'er, Xidou'er History of Yuan 元史 — count: 10
• 卷四十九 志第二 天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 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
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 6
• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 6
• 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 6

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
• 暗同 (暗同) 晻與暗同 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — 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
• 实暗 (實暗) 實暗實微 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十三 吳書八 張嚴程闞薛傳 Volume 53: Book of Wu 8 - Biographies of Zhang, Yan, Cheng, Kan, and Xue — count: 2