昏暗
hūn àn
Pinyin

Definition

昏暗
 - 
hūn àn
  1. dusky

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
hūn
  1. 1 muddle-headed
  2. 2 twilight
  3. 3 to faint
  4. 4 to lose consciousness
hūn dǎo
  1. 1 to faint
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)

Idioms (20)

利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
明人不做暗事
míng rén bù zuò àn shì
  1. 1 The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
  2. 2 fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
明察暗访
míng chá àn fǎng
  1. 1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
  2. 2 taking information from all sides