暗淡無光

暗淡无光
àndànwúguāng

having lost its previous lustre and brilliance; dim and unattractive

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Entry Composition

1 暗淡 àndàn
  1. dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab
  2. (fig.) gloomy; bleak
=2 無 mó used in 南無 nāmó
=2 無 wú
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
=3 光 guāng
  1. bright; shiny
  2. only; merely
  3. used up; finished
  4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier: 道
=3 光 guàng
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to color
  2. to color