阴 暗

yīn'àn

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Dim” in Chinese is 阴暗 (yīn'àn).

Meaning

dim
dark
overcast

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darkness
shadow
(fig.) dismal
gloomy
somber
murky
shadowy (side)

Example

不要只盯着阴暗面。

Don't only look at the dark side.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yīnHSK 26 strokesovercast (weather)ànHSK 413 strokesdark

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