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漆黑一团

qī hēi yī tuándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-33996c1eb7a385b2. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

漆黑一團 漆黑一团 [qi1 hei1 yi1 tuan2] /pitch-black/(fig.) to be completely in the dark/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 漆黑一團

  • 漆
    qī

    paint / lacquer / CL:道[dào] / to paint (furniture, walls etc)

  • 黑
    hēi

    black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)

    Hēi

    short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 团
    tuán

    round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) / dumpling

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.