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昏天黑地

Mandarin · pinyin hūn tiān hēi dì

lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
fig. pitch dark
to black out
disorderly
troubled times

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昏: hūn · dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
黑: hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region

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1–1–1–4 · hun1 tian1 hei1 di4

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fan1 tin1 hak1 dei6

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(literally) in pitch darkness; pitch-dark
(figurative) dazed; groggy
(figurative) to suffer from social chaos or deep-rooted injustice
(figurative) to muddle along; to be semi-conscious
(figurative) (followed by 得) as if there's no tomorrow (used to emphasize the fierceness of fighting or quarrelling)

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