àn

  1. àn adjective dark; obscure
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不明亮 (CCD '暗' 1; Guoyu '暗' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '暗', p. 6; Unihan '暗'; XHZD '暗' 1)
  2. àn adjective in secret; covert; hidden; clandestine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不公开的; for example, 明人不做暗事 'honest people do not do things in secret' (CCD '暗' 2; Guoyu '暗' adj 4; Mathews 1931 '暗', p. 6; Unihan '暗'; XHZD '暗' 2)
  3. àn verb to shut (out the light)
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '暗' v)
  4. àn adjective confused
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不明事理 (CCD '暗' 3; Guoyu '暗' adj 3; XHZD '暗' 3)
  5. àn adjective shady; in the shade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阴翳 (Guoyu '暗' adj 2)
  6. àn adjective dull; not shiny
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 無光澤的 (Guoyu '暗' adj 5)
  7. àn adverb stealthily
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 默不作声 (Guoyu '暗' adv)
  8. àn noun darkness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '暗' n 1)
  9. àn proper noun An
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '暗' n 2)
  10. àn noun dark; tama
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tama; Japanese: an, Tibetan: mun pa (BCSD '暗', p. 608; DJBT '暗', p. 423; Mahāvyutpatti 'tamaḥ'; MW 'tama'; SH '暗', p. 402)

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  • Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 72
  • Scroll 2 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 50
  • Scroll 1 Bosi Jiao Can Jing 波斯教殘經 — count: 36
  • Scroll 1 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 33
  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 31
  • Scroll 5 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 29
  • Scroll 2 Great Might Arrived Bodhisattva’s Thinking-of-Buddhas as the Perfect Passage (Śūraṅgama Sūtra) 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經 — count: 27 , has English translation
  • Scroll 32 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 26 , has English translation
  • Scroll 8 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 24
  • Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 24

Collocations

  • 暗慢 (暗慢) 離暗慢怖能壞貪欲 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 5 — count: 37
  • 癡暗 (癡暗) 佛日出世破除癡暗 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 4 — count: 18
  • 冥暗 (冥暗) 皆悉冥暗 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
  • 愚暗 (愚暗) 實愚暗不知故耳 — Sutra on the Five Angels of Yama; Yan Luo Wang Wu Tian Shizhe Jing (Devadūtasutta) 閻羅王五天使者經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 烦恼暗 (煩惱暗) 煩惱暗慢怨對增上 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 11 — count: 6
  • 翳暗 (翳暗) 照朗煩惱翳暗而行 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 26 — count: 5
  • 破暗 (破暗) 名破暗 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
  • 夜暗 (夜暗) 而彼夜暗非燈所照 — Wheel Turning King Seven Treasures Sutra (Lunwang Qi Bao Jing) 輪王七寶經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 暗障 (暗障) 相應暗障王所皆是 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 10 — count: 5
  • 无明暗 (無明暗) 滅除無明暗 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 10 — count: 5