dark; dim; gloomy
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesadjective
dark; dim; gloomy (of weather or atmosphere)
literaryA literary term used to describe darkness, often of the sky before or during a storm, or a dim, gloomy atmosphere.
Tiān天
sè色
huì晦
míng暝
，
fēng风
yǔ雨
yù欲
lái来
。
The sky was dark and gloomy, as if a storm was approaching.
Shān山
lín林
zhī之
zhōng中
，
huì晦
míng暝
wú无
guāng光
。
In the mountain forest, it was pitch dark and without light.