àn
tiān

idiom
formal
literary

Meaning of 暗无天日

暗无天日 means total darkness; complete lack of justice; extreme oppression. Pronounced àn wú tiān rì.

  • total darkness; complete lack of justice; extreme oppression

Definitions & Examples

Zài
àn
tiān
de
jiù
shè
huì
 
lǎo
bǎi
xìng
guò
zhe
niú
de
shēng
huó
 

In the utterly dark old society, the common people lived a life worse than that of cattle and horses.

bèi
qiú
jìn
zài
láo
 
guò
le
shí
nián
àn
tiān
de
suì
yuè
 

He was imprisoned in a dungeon and spent ten years of complete darkness.

Zài
jūn
zhǔ
zhuān
zhì
de
tǒng
zhì
xià
 
duàn
shǐ
wèi
àn
tiān
 

Under the rule of absolute monarchy, that period of history was one of total darkness.

Shī
qīn
rén
hòu
 
de
shì
jiè
fǎng仿
biàn
àn
tiān
 

After losing his loved ones, his world seemed to plunge into utter darkness.