灰暗
huī àn
Pinyin

Definition

灰暗
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huī àn
  1. dull gray
  2. drab
  3. murky

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf

Idioms (20)

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)

Sample Sentences

医生,我每天都觉得人生很灰暗,丝毫希望都没有。你说我是不是得忧郁症了?
yīshēng ,wǒ měitiān dōu juéde rénshēng hěn huī àn ,sīháo xīwàng dōu méiyǒu 。nǐ shuō wǒ shì bu shì dé yōuyùzhèng le ?
Doctor, I feel really gloomy everyday. I don't have any hope. Do you think I'm depressed?
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