黑暗 - Zhictionary

黑暗

hēi'àn

(figurative) backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
(obsolete) rhinoceros horn
backward; unenlightened; evil; corrupt; sordid; dark
dark; unlighted
rhinoceros horn

Wiktionary

Homographs

黑暗

hēiàn

dark
darkly
darkness

Examples

黑暗对我有利。

The darkness will work to my advantage.

Source: Tatoeba

歷史是黑暗的。

History is dark.

Source: Tatoeba

不要一個人在黑暗中走。

Don't walk alone after dark.

Source: Tatoeba

猫在黑暗中都是灰色的。

All cats are grey in the dark.

At night all cats are grey.

Source: Tatoeba

非洲曾經被稱為黑暗大陸。

Africa was once called the Dark Continent.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

黑

Hēi

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江 Hēilóngjiāng

黑

hēi

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

dark
to turn dark
secret; hidden
(literary) confused; ignorant

暗

àn

(literary) to close (a door)
to eclipse
confused; ignorant (variant of 暗 àn)
dark (variant of 暗 àn)

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