暗 àn
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adjective
dark; obscure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不明亮 (CCD '暗' 1; Guoyu '暗' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '暗', p. 6; Unihan '暗'; XHZD '暗' 1) -
adjective
in secret; covert; hidden; clandestine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不公开的; for example, 明人不做暗事 'honest people do not do things in secret' (CCD '暗' 2; Guoyu '暗' adj 4; Mathews 1931 '暗', p. 6; Unihan '暗'; XHZD '暗' 2) -
verb
to shut (out the light)
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '暗' v) -
adjective
confused
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不明事理 (CCD '暗' 3; Guoyu '暗' adj 3; XHZD '暗' 3) -
adjective
shady; in the shade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阴翳 (Guoyu '暗' adj 2) -
adjective
dull; not shiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 無光澤的 (Guoyu '暗' adj 5) -
adverb
stealthily
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 默不作声 (Guoyu '暗' adv) -
noun
darkness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '暗' n 1) -
proper noun
An
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '暗' n 2) -
noun
dark; tama
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tama; Japanese: an, Tibetan: mun pa (BCSD '暗', p. 608; DJBT '暗', p. 423; Mahāvyutpatti 'tamaḥ'; MW 'tama'; SH '暗', p. 402)
Contained in
- 受持戒法如璎珞 可以庄严身心 坚定信仰如明灯 可以照破痴暗(受持戒法如瓔珞 可以莊嚴身心 堅定信仰如明燈 可以照破痴暗) Upholding precepts is like wearing an ornament that adorns both body and mind. Strengthened faith is like a shining light that dispels the darkness in the mind.
- 一灯照破心中暗 双手能做慈悲人(一燈照破心中暗 双手能做慈悲人) One single light can dispel the mind's darkness; Your hands suffice to show the compassion in you.
- 昼暗林(晝暗林) smasana; cemetery
Also contained in
暗轮汽船 、 暗鹭 、 暗堡 、 明珠暗投 、 暗火 、 暗无天日 、 暗里 、 暗房 、 暗杀 、 幽暗 、 暗寓 、 暗指 、 暗想 、 暗线光谱 、 暗香疏影 、 明暗 、 暗记儿 、 暗箱 、 黑暗时代 、 暗沙 、 暗箭 、 暗中 、 暗箭难防 、 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 、 明里暗里 、 暗网 、 暗绿柳莺 、 晦暗 、 暗害人命 、 暗转 、 明查暗访 、 暗算 、 暗号 、 暗绿绣眼鸟 、 暗恋 、 暗记 、 阴暗面 、 暗哨 、 暗煅 、 暗箭伤人 、 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 、 暗门子 、 暗射地图 、 明修栈道暗渡陈仓 、 黝暗 、 暗娼 、 暗红 、 暗含
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 72
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 50
- Scroll 1 Bosi Jiao Can Jing 波斯教殘經 — count: 36
- Scroll 1 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 33
- Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 31
- Scroll 5 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 29
- Scroll 2 Great Might Arrived Bodhisattva’s Thinking-of-Buddhas as the Perfect Passage (Da Fo Ding Rulai Mi Yin Xiu Zheng Liaoyi Zhu Pusa Wan Xing Shou Leng Yan Jing) 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經 — count: 28 , has English translation
- Scroll 32 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 26 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 24
- Scroll 8 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 24
Collocations
- 暗慢 (暗慢) 離暗慢怖能壞貪欲 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 5 — count: 37
- 癡暗 (癡暗) 佛日出世破除癡暗 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 4 — count: 18
- 冥暗 (冥暗) 皆悉冥暗 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
- 愚暗 (愚暗) 實愚暗不知故耳 — Sutra on the Five Angels of Yama; Yan Luo Wang Wu Tian Shizhe Jing (Devadūtasutta) 閻羅王五天使者經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 烦恼暗 (煩惱暗) 煩惱暗慢怨對增上 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 11 — count: 6
- 无明暗 (無明暗) 滅除無明暗 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 10 — count: 5
- 破暗 (破暗) 名破暗 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 夜暗 (夜暗) 而彼夜暗非燈所照 — Wheel Turning King Seven Treasures Sutra (Lunwang Qi Bao Jing) 輪王七寶經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 翳暗 (翳暗) 照朗煩惱翳暗而行 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 26 — count: 5
- 暗障 (暗障) 相應暗障王所皆是 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 10 — count: 5