灰暗 (huī àn) — (of color) dark gray, murky gray; (of mood, atmosphere) gloomy, dismal
Definition
Literally 'ash-dark': the literal sense is a dark, murky gray (sky, light), and metaphorically gloomy, dismal mood or atmosphere. Pairs with 心情, 前景, 色调.
adjective
(of color) dark graymurky gray(of mood, atmosphere) gloomydismal
Examples
- 灰暗，。Tiān kōng huī àn, kuài yào xià yǔ le.The sky is dark gray; it's about to rain.
- 灰暗。Nà bù diàn yǐng de jié jú hěn huī àn.The ending of that movie is very gloomy.
- 灰暗，。Tā zuì jìn xīn qíng huī àn, shén me dōu bù xiǎng zuò.He's been in a gloomy mood lately and doesn't feel like doing anything.
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