黯淡 (àn dàn) — dim, dull (of light or color); gloomy, bleak (of mood or prospects)
Definition
Literary variant of 暗淡: 'dim, gloomy' for light, color, or prospects. 黯 is the more written-form character; 暗淡 is the common everyday spelling.
adjective
dimdull (of light or color)gloomybleak (of mood or prospects)
Examples
- 黯淡，。Dēng guāng shí fēn àn dàn, wǒ jī hū kàn bú jiàn.The light was so dim I could barely see.
- 黯淡。Nà fú huà yòng le hěn duō àn dàn de yán sè.That painting uses many dull colors.
- 黯淡，。Jīng jì qián jǐng yī rán àn dàn, dà jiā dōu hěn dān yōu.The economic outlook remains gloomy, and everyone is worried.
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