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