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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
dark and gloomy
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Original source entry:

晦暗 晦暗 [hui4 an4] /dark and gloomy/

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  • 晦
    huì

    (bound form) last day of a lunar month / (bound form) dark / gloomy / (literary) night

  • 暗
    àn

    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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