暗箱
àn xiāng
Pinyin

Definition

暗箱
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àn xiāng
  1. camera bellows
  2. camera obscura

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bīng xiāng
  1. 1 icebox
  2. 2 freezer cabinet
  3. 3 refrigerator
  4. 4 classifier: 台 tái
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
xiāng
  1. 1 box
  2. 2 trunk
  3. 3 chest
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
kāi xiāng
  1. 1 unboxing
  2. 2 to unbox

Idioms (19)

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
明岗暗哨
míng gǎng àn shào
  1. 1 both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)