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暗

Mandarin · pinyin àn

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

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暗: àn · dark; obscure; in secret, covert

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dark (without light); dim
dull; not bright
secret; covert
confused; ignorant
(Southern Min) late
(Hokkien) evening; night
(Hokkien) Classifier for number of nights.
(Hokkien) to covertly embezzle; to secretly misappropriate (money, things, etc.)
(Hokkien) to cover up; to conceal; to not let other people know
(Cantonese) to lull

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