| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 暗 | 晻 | àn | - variant of 暗[an4] |
| 暗 | 暗 | àn | - dark - gloomy - hidden - secret - muddled - obscure - in the dark |
| 暗 | 闇 | àn | - to close (a door) - to eclipse - muddled - stupid - ignorant - variant of 暗[an4] |
| 幽暗 | 幽暗 | yōuàn | - gloom |
| 昏暗 | 昏暗 | hūnàn | - dusky |
| 晦暗 | 晦暗 | huìàn | - dark and gloomy |
| 暗中 | 暗中 | ànzhōng | - in the dark - in secret - on the sly - surreptitiously |
| 暗井 | 暗井 | ànjǐng | - blind shaft - winze |
| 暗伤 | 暗傷 | ànshāng | - internal (invisible) injury (damage) |
| 暗合 | 暗合 | ànhé | - to agree implicitly - of one mind - views coincide without a word exchanged |
| 暗喜 | 暗喜 | ànxǐ | - hidden smile - smirk - to rejoice covertly - secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans |
| 暗喻 | 暗喻 | ànyù | - metaphor |
| 暗器 | 暗器 | ànqì | - concealed weapon |
| 暗地 | 暗地 | àndì | - secretly - inwardly |
| 暗堡 | 暗堡 | ànbǎo | - bunker |
| 暗娼 | 暗娼 | ànchāng | - unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute |
| 暗室 | 暗室 | ànshì | - darkroom |
| 暗害 | 暗害 | ànhài | - to kill secretly - to stab in the back |
| 暗影 | 暗影 | ànyǐng | - shadow - umbra |
| 暗想 | 暗想 | ànxiǎng | - think to oneself |
| 暗恋 | 暗戀 | ànliàn | - to be secretly in love with |
| 暗指 | 暗指 | ànzhǐ | - to hint at - to imply - sth hidden |
| 暗探 | 暗探 | àntàn | - secret agent - detective |
| 暗昧 | 暗昧 | ànmèi | - obscure - remaining unenlightened |
| 暗暗 | 暗暗 | ànàn | - secretly - inwardly |
| 暗杀 | 暗殺 | ànshā | - to assassinate |
| 暗河 | 暗河 | ànhé | - underground river |
| 暗流 | 暗流 | ànliú | - undercurrent |
| 暗淡 | 暗淡 | àndàn | - dark - dim (light) - dull (color) - drab - (fig.) gloomy - bleak |
| 暗滞 | 暗滯 | ànzhì | - dull (complexion) |
| 暗潮 | 暗潮 | àncháo | - undercurrent |
| 暗滩 | 暗灘 | àntān | - hidden shoal |
| 暗煅 | 暗煅 | ànduàn | - sealed pot calcination (TCM) |
| 暗疔 | 暗疔 | àndīng | - axillary furuncle - armpit boil |
| 暗疾 | 暗疾 | ànjí | - unmentionable disease - a disease one is ashamed of |
| 暗疮 | 暗瘡 | ànchuāng | - acne |
| 暗盒 | 暗盒 | ànhé | - magazine - cassette |
| 暗礁 | 暗礁 | ànjiāo | - submerged reef (rock) |
| 暗示 | 暗示 | ànshì | - to hint - to suggest - suggestion - hint |
| 暗笑 | 暗笑 | ànxiào | - laugh in (up) one's sleeve - snigger - snicker |
| 暗算 | 暗算 | ànsuàn | - to plot against |
| 暗箭 | 暗箭 | ànjiàn | - attack by a hidden enemy - a stab in the back |
| 暗箱 | 暗箱 | ànxiāng | - camera bellows - camera obscura |
| 暗经 | 暗經 | ànjīng | - latent menstruation (TCM) |
| 暗自 | 暗自 | ànzì | - inwardly - to oneself - secretly |
| 暗藏 | 暗藏 | àncáng | - to hide - to conceal |
| 暗处 | 暗處 | ànchù | - secret place |
| 暗号 | 暗號 | ànhào | - secret signal (sign) - countersign - password |
| 暗亏 | 暗虧 | ànkuī | - hidden loss (finance) |
| 暗袋 | 暗袋 | àndài | - camera bag (for changing film) |
| 暗记 | 暗記 | ànjì | - to commit to memory - secret mark |
| 暗访 | 暗訪 | ànfǎng | - to make secret inquiries - to investigate in secret |
| 暗语 | 暗語 | ànyǔ | - code word |
| 暗转 | 暗轉 | ànzhuǎn | - blackout |
| 暗锁 | 暗鎖 | ànsuǒ | - built-in lock |
| 暗鹭 | 暗鷺 | ànlù | - black-crowned night heron (Tw) |
| 凄暗 | 淒暗 | qīàn | - dismal - somber |
| 灰暗 | 灰暗 | huīàn | - dull gray - drab - murky |
| 发暗 | 發暗 | fāàn | - to darken - to become tarnished |
| 薄暗 | 薄暗 | bóàn | - at dusk - evening |
| 变暗 | 變暗 | biànàn | - to darken |
| 阴暗 | 陰暗 | yīnàn | - dim - dark - dismal - gloomy - somber - murky - shadowy (side) |
| 黑暗 | 黑暗 | hēiàn | - dark - darkly - darkness |
| 黝暗 | 黝暗 | yǒuàn | - murk - murkiness |
| 暗光鸟 | 暗光鳥 | ànguāngniǎo | - black-crowned night heron (Tw) |
| 暗公鸟 | 暗公鳥 | àngōngniǎo | - black-crowned night heron (Tw) |
| 暗地里 | 暗地裡 | àndìli | - secretly - inwardly - on the sly |
| 暗星云 | 暗星雲 | ànxīngyún | - dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind) - absorption nebula |
| 暗花儿 | 暗花兒 | ànhuār | - veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric |
| 暗记儿 | 暗記兒 | ànjìr | - secret mark |
| 暗适应 | 暗適應 | ànshìyìng | - dark adaptation |
| 暗间儿 | 暗間兒 | ànjiānr | - inner room |
| 阴暗面 | 陰暗面 | yīnànmiàn | - the dark side (of society etc) |
| 名重识暗 | 名重識暗 | míngzhòngshíàn | - of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom) |
| 明察暗访 | 明察暗訪 | míngcháànfǎng | - open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret - taking information from all sides |
| 明岗暗哨 | 明崗暗哨 | mínggǎngànshào | - both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom) |
| 明查暗访 | 明查暗訪 | míngcháànfǎng | - open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret - taking information from all sides |
| 明争暗斗 | 明爭暗鬥 | míngzhēngàndòu | - to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom) |
| 明珠暗投 | 明珠暗投 | míngzhūàntóu | - to cast pearls before swine (idiom) - not to get proper recognition for one's talents |
| 暗中监视 | 暗中監視 | ànzhōngjiānshì | - to monitor secretly - to spy on |
| 暗冕鹪莺 | 暗冕鷦鶯 | ànmiǎnjiāoyīng | - (Chinese bird species) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens) |
| 暗察明访 | 暗察明訪 | ànchámíngfǎng | - open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret - taking information from all sides |
| 暗渡陈仓 | 暗渡陳倉 | àndùChéncāng | - lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) - fig. to feign one thing while doing another - to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 暗灰鹃䴗 | 暗灰鵑鶪 | ànhuījuānjú | - (Chinese bird species) black-winged cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) |
| 暗无天日 | 暗無天日 | ànwútiānrì | - all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 暗箱操作 | 暗箱操作 | ànxiāngcāozuò | - covert activities (election rigging etc) - under-the-table manipulations - black operations |
| 暗绿柳莺 | 暗綠柳鶯 | ànlǜliǔyīng | - (Chinese bird species) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides) |
| 暗线光谱 | 暗線光譜 | ànxiànguāngpǔ | - dark-line spectrum |
| 暗背雨燕 | 暗背雨燕 | ànbèiyǔyàn | - (Chinese bird species) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda) |
| 暗胸朱雀 | 暗胸朱雀 | ànxiōngzhūquè | - (Chinese bird species) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis) |
| 暗腹雪鸡 | 暗腹雪雞 | ànfùxuějī | - (Chinese bird species) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) |
| 暗色鸦雀 | 暗色鴉雀 | ànsèyāquè | - (Chinese bird species) grey-hooded parrotbill (Sinosuthora zappeyi) |
| 暗送秋波 | 暗送秋波 | ànsòngqiūbō | - to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom) |
| 暗香疏影 | 暗香疏影 | ànxiāngshūyǐng | - (poetic depiction of plum blossom) |
| 柳暗花明 | 柳暗花明 | liǔànhuāmíng | - 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 |
| 弃暗投明 | 棄暗投明 | qìàntóumíng | - to renounce the dark and seek the light - to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one |
| 头昏眼暗 | 頭昏眼暗 | tóuhūnyǎnàn | - head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy - fainting - vertigo |
| 黑暗时代 | 黑暗時代 | HēiànShídài | - Dark Ages |
| 暗绿绣眼鸟 | 暗綠繡眼鳥 | ànlǜxiùyǎnniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) |
| 暗绿背鸬鹚 | 暗綠背鸕鶿 | ànlǜbèilúcí | - (Chinese bird species) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) |
| 暗黑破坏神 | 暗黑破壞神 | ÀnhēiPòhuàiShén | - Diablo (video game series) |
| 明人不做暗事 | 明人不做暗事 | míngrénbùzuòànshì | - The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom). - fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation. |
| 黎明前的黑暗 | 黎明前的黑暗 | límíngqiándehēiàn | - darkness comes before dawn - things can only get better (idiom) |
| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 | 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉 | míngxiūzhàndào,àndùChéncāng | - lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) - fig. to feign one thing while doing another - to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 | 明槍好躲，暗箭難防 | míngqiānghǎoduǒ,ànjiànnánfáng | - 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 |
| 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 | 明槍易躲，暗箭難防 | míngqiāngyìduǒ,ànjiànnánfáng | - 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 |
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