classifiers: 門, 段

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. dark
2. darkly
3. darkness

1. (figurative) backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
2. (obsolete) rhinoceros horn
3. backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
4. dark; unlighted
5. rhinoceros horn

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs