灰暗
huī àn
Pinyin
Definition
灰暗
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- dull gray
- drab
- murky
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
名重识暗
- 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
明人不做暗事
- 1 The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
- 2 fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
- 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 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
明察暗访
- 1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
- 2 taking information from all sides
明岗暗哨
- 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?
Doctor, I feel really gloomy everyday. I don't have any hope. Do you think I'm depressed?