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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

暗 [àn]
  1. 1. adjective [昏暗] dim
    今晚月光很暗。
    Tonight the moon is dim.
  2. 2. adjective [秘密] underhand
    明人不做暗事。
    An honest person does nothing underhand.
  3. 3. adverb secretly

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

暗 [àn]
  1. 1. adjective dark; dim; dull
    天色渐渐暗下来了。
    It's getting dark.
    灯光很暗。
    The light is rather dim.
    这间屋子光线太暗。
    This room is too dark.
    暗紫色
    dull purple
    暗绿
    dark green
  2. 2. adjective unclear; hazy
    若明若暗
    have an indistinct (or blurred) picture of; have a hazy (or vague) notion about
  3. 3. adverb hidden; secret
    暗下决心
    make up one's mind secretly

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

暗 [àn]
  1. 1. 形 光线微弱；不明亮
    天色暗了
    暗无天日
    阴暗。
  2. 2. 形 [文] 糊涂；愚昧
    兼听则明，偏信则暗
    暗昧。
  3. 3. 形 隐藏的；不外露的
    暗沟
    明人不做暗事。
  4. 4. 副 秘密地；私下里
    明察暗访
    明争暗斗
    暗想。
  5. 5. 形 颜色灰黑
    印堂发暗
    暗红。
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Examples

明(暗)线光谱
bright-line (dark-line) spectrum
天昏地暗，日月无光。
There was gloom above and darkness below, with the rays of the sun and the moon completely shut out.
我们走着走着天色已经暗了下来。
As we walked along, it began to grow dark.
天逐渐暗下来了。
It's getting darker and darker.
天昏地暗
murky heavens over a dark earth; dark all round
他被人暗下毒手。
He was framed.
光线越来越暗，你去挑挑灯芯。
The light is getting weaker. Turn up the wick, please.
作为领导一定要懂得兼听则明，偏信则暗的道理，多听意见，不可偏信。
Leaders should follow the rule of listening to both sides and never be partial toward either side.
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