杳冥
yǎo míng
Pinyin

Definition

杳冥
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yǎo míng
  1. dim and dusky
  2. far and indistinct

Character Decomposition

Related Words (19)

冥想
míng xiǎng
  1. 1 to meditate
  2. 2 meditation
冥冥之中
míng míng zhī zhōng
  1. 1 in the unseen world of spirits
  2. 2 mysteriously and inexorably
冥币
míng bì
  1. 1 false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥王
míng wáng
  1. 1 the king of hell
冥王星
Míng wáng xīng
  1. 1 Pluto (dwarf planet)
冥界
míng jiè
  1. 1 ghost world
幽冥
yōu míng
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 hell
  3. 3 netherworld
  4. 4 hades
杳无音信
yǎo wú yīn xìn
  1. 1 to have no news whatever
冥
míng
  1. 1 old variant of 冥[míng]
冥婚
míng hūn
  1. 1 posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
冥府
míng fǔ
  1. 1 underworld
  2. 2 hell
冥钱
míng qián
  1. 1 joss paper made to resemble paper money
冥顽
míng wán
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 stubborn
冥顽不灵
míng wán bù líng
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 stubborn
  3. 3 pigheaded
杳杳
yǎo yǎo
  1. 1 deep and somber
  2. 2 see also 窈窈[yǎo yǎo]
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
杳无消息
yǎo wú xiāo xī
  1. 1 see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yǎo wú yīn xìn]
杳然
yǎo rán
  1. 1 quiet, silent, and lonely
  2. 2 far and indistinct
  3. 3 gone without a trace

Idioms (9)

冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
杳如黄鹤
yǎo rú huáng hè
  1. 1 to be gone forever (idiom)
  2. 2 to disappear without a trace
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
死不冥目
sǐ bù míng mù
  1. 1 dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance
  2. 2 also written 死不瞑目
苦思冥想
kǔ sī míng xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
风雨晦冥
fēng yǔ huì míng
  1. 1 conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

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