àn
to close (a door)
to eclipse
muddled
stupid
ignorant
variant of 暗[an4]
àn
dark
gloomy
hidden
secret
muddled
obscure
in the dark
àn hào
secret signal (sign)
countersign
password
àn xiāng
camera bellows
camera obscura
àn shì
to hint
to suggest
suggestion
hint
liǔ àn huā míng
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope
light at the end of the tunnel
àn dàn
dark
dim (light)
dull (color)
drab
(fig.) gloomy
bleak
yīn àn
dim
dark
overcast
darkness
shadow
(fig.) dismal
gloomy
somber
murky
shadowy (side)
àn zhōng
in the dark
in secret
on the sly
surreptitiously
àn dì li
secretly
inwardly
on the sly
àn liàn
to be secretly in love with
àn zì
inwardly
to oneself
secretly
àn fǎng
to make secret inquiries
to investigate in secret
àn xiāng cāo zuò
covert activities (election rigging etc)
under-the-table manipulations
black operations
míng zhēng àn dòu
to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
àn zhǐ
to hint at
to imply
sth hidden
yīn àn miàn
the dark side (of society etc)
àn hé
to agree implicitly
of one mind
views coincide without a word exchanged
àn jiàn
attack by a hidden enemy
a stab in the back
míng chá àn fǎng
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
taking information from all sides
àn xiào
laugh in (up) one's sleeve
snigger
snicker
fā àn
to darken
to become tarnished
àn sòng qiū bō
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
àn xǐ
hidden smile
smirk
to rejoice covertly
secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
àn dù Chén cāng
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion
míng chá àn fǎng
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
taking information from all sides
àn dài
camera bag (for changing film)
àn wú tiān rì
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice