Definition
灰暗 is a stative verb (adjective) that can describe both literal color — a dark, murky gray — and figurative mood or atmosphere, meaning 'gloomy' or 'dismal'. As a stative verb, it can directly predicate a sentence without 是, e.g., 天空灰暗 ('the sky is dark gray') or 心情灰暗 ('mood is gloomy'). The English glosses 'murky gray' and 'gloomy' split what Chinese covers with one word, so context determines the sense.
s.v.
(of color) dark graymurky gray(of mood, atmosphere) gloomydismal
Examples
- 灰暗，。Tiānkōng huī àn, kuàiyào xià yǔ le.The sky is dark gray; it's about to rain.
- 灰暗。Nà bù diànyǐng de jiéjú hěn huī àn.The ending of that movie is very gloomy.
- 灰暗，。Tā zuìjìn xīnqíng huī àn, shénme dōu bù xiǎng zuò.He's been in a gloomy mood lately and doesn't feel like doing anything.
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