黯然 (àn rán) — dim, faint, gloomy (of light or color); dejected, sad, downcast (of mood or expression)
Definition
A literary word describing light/color fading or a mood growing dark with sadness. Most often seen in fixed phrases like 黯然失色 ('pale in comparison') and 黯然泪下 ('to shed tears in sorrow').
verb
dimfaintgloomy (of light or color)dejectedsaddowncast (of mood or expression)
Examples
- ，黯然。Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā àn rán luò lèi.Upon hearing the news, he shed tears in dejection.
- ，黯然。Xī yáng xī xià, tiān sè àn rán.The sun set in the west, and the sky grew dim.
- ，。Zài zhè qún tiān cái miàn qián, tā de zuò pǐn àn rán shī sè.In front of these geniuses, his work was overshadowed.
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