Results for “暗”

dark-line spectrum

to curse under one's breath / to grumble inaudibly

(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)

(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)

(astronomy) dark energy

(bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)

(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)

veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric

hidden loss (finance)

camera bag (for changing film)

privately / secretly / behind closed doors

to commit to memory / secret mark

secret mark

to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret

(theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly

to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)

secret passage / secret tunnel

(visual physiology) dark adaptation

built-in lock / concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁[míng suǒ] "exposed lock")

inner room

subtle fragrance

(poetic depiction of plum blossom)

black-crowned night heron (Tw)

listen to both sides and you will be enlightened / heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)

of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)

gloom

sexual innuendo / indirect sexual suggestion in words, gestures, images etc

an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)

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) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion

(idiom) to kick sb upstairs

open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides

both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)

see 明槍易躲，暗箭難防|明枪易躲，暗箭难防[míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng]

lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly

to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents

both publicly and privately / both overtly and secretly / both explicitly and implicitly

dark and gloomy

lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel

to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one