天昏地暗

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Chinese

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day; sky; heaven
muddle-headed; twilight; to faint
muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
dark; gloomy; hidden
dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
 
trad. (天昏地暗)
simp. #(天昏地暗)
Literally: “murky heavens over a dark earth”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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天昏地暗

  1. dark all round; gloom
  2. state of chaos and despair
  3. to an extreme degree; like hell

Synonyms

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