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Character Decomposition
暗=日+音
Etymology
sun
Meanings
dark
to turn dark
secret; hidden
(literary) confused; ignorant
(literary) to close (a door)
to eclipse
confused; ignorant (variant of 暗 àn)
dark (variant of 暗 àn)
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Words with 暗 260 total
secretly · inwardly暗暗àn ànto hide · to conceal暗藏àn cángunlicensed (unregistered) prostitute暗娼àn chāngundercurrent暗潮àn cháosecret place暗处àn chùdark; dim (light); dull (color); drab · (fig.) gloomy; bleak暗淡àn dànto make secret inquiries · to investigate in secret暗访àn fǎngsewer; underground drainage channel暗沟àn gōuto kill secretly · to stab in the back暗害àn hàisecret signal; password; countersign暗号àn hàoto agree implicitly · of one mind · views coincide without a word exchanged暗合àn héunderground river暗河àn héto commit to memory · secret mark暗记àn jìattack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back暗箭àn jiànsubmerged reef (rock)暗礁àn jiāohidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)暗扣àn kòuprivately; secretly; behind closed doors暗里àn li
Idioms with 暗 62 total Chain
do a thing in secret · advance secretly along (or by) an unknown path · steal a march on暗度陈仓àn dù chén cānglit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang in 206 BC against Xiang Yu of Chu) · fig. to feign one thing while doing another · to cheat under cover of a diversion暗渡陈仓àn dù Chén cāngstab somebody in the back · wound with a sniping arrow · injure somebody by underhanded means · make sniping attacks · hit below the belt暗箭伤人àn jiàn shāng rén
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