暗淡
àn dàn
Pinyin

Definition

暗淡
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àn dàn
  1. dark
  2. dim (light)
  3. dull (color)
  4. drab
  5. (fig.) gloomy
  6. bleak

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

平淡
píng dàn
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 ordinary
  4. 4 nothing special
暗恋
àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
淡
dàn
  1. 1 insipid
  2. 2 diluted
  3. 3 weak
  4. 4 mild
  5. 5 light in color
  6. 6 tasteless
  7. 7 indifferent
  8. 8 (variant of 氮[dàn]) nitrogen
淡定
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
淡淡
dàn dàn
  1. 1 faint
  2. 2 dim
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 insipid
  5. 5 unenthusiastic
  6. 6 indifferent

Idioms (20)

名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
  1. 1 to manage by painstaking effort (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.

Sample Sentences

据说《谍影重重3》和《虎胆龙威4》在北美上映时，都曾稳居票房榜首，但在中国却因为遭遇《色，戒》而暗淡了不少。
jùshuō 《Diéyǐngchóngchóng sān 》hé 《Hǔdǎnlóngwēi sì 》zài běiměi shàngyìng shí ，dōu céng wěnjū piàofáng bǎngshǒu ，dàn zài Zhōngguó què yīnwèi zāoyù 《Sè jiè 》ér àndàn le bùshǎo 。
I heard that when ''The Bourne Supremacy" and ''Die Hard 4" came out in North America, they were firmly at the top of the box office charts. But in China they were not as well received because ''Lust, Caution" was also released.
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嗨，所谓向上管理，核心就是用更好的方式跟老板沟通而已，让工作更高效。当然了，如果公司前途暗淡，老板简直是人渣，你实力也不容小觑，还是可以考虑另谋高就的。
hāi ，suǒwèi xiàngshàng guǎnlǐ ，héxīn jiùshì yòng gèng hǎo de fāngshì gēn lǎobǎn gōutōng éryǐ ，ràng gōngzuò gèng gāoxiào 。dāngrán le ，rúguǒ gōngsī qiántú àndàn ，lǎobǎn jiǎnzhí shì rénzhā ，nǐ shílì yě bùróng xiǎoqù ，háishì kěyǐ kǎolǜ lìng móu gāojiù de 。
Come on, this idea of "upward management" at it's core, is just using better ways to communicate with your boss and therefore making your work more efficient. However, if the company has no future, the boss is a total A-hole and your talents are being overlooked and you should still consider finding a better position elsewhere.
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