暗中
àn zhōng
Pinyin

Definition

暗中
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àn zhōng
  1. in the dark
  2. in secret
  3. on the sly
  4. surreptitiously

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中原
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
中学
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
中庸
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
中式
Zhōng shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
中心
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
中性
zhōng xìng
  1. 1 neutral

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
如堕五里雾中
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
  1. 1 as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
  2. 2 in a fog
  3. 3 muddled
  4. 4 completely unfamiliar with sth
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
  1. 1 lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc

Sample Sentences

据记者暗中调查，目前申城的药房都规定必须持有医生的处方才能购买抗生素。把抗生素的处方权交还给医生，将有效减少因滥用抗生素带来的日益严重的耐药后果。
jù jìzhě ànzhōng diàochá ，mùqián Shēn chéng de yàofáng dōu guīdìng bìxū chíyǒu yīshēng de chǔfāng cáinéng gòumǎi kàngshēngsù 。bǎ kàngshēngsù de chǔfāng quán jiāohuán gěi yīshēng ，jiāng yǒuxiào jiǎnshǎo yīn lànyòng kàngshēngsù dàilái de rìyì yánzhòng de nàiyào hòuguǒ 。
According to a reporter's undercover investigation, pharmacies in Shanghai are legally required to only sell antibiotics with a doctor's prescription. Returning the right to prescribe antibiotics to doctors will work to reduce the increasingly serious drug-resistant effects of antibiotic abuse.
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宫里现在有人在暗中调查这个事，而嫌疑最大的是容娘娘。
gōng lǐ xiànzài yǒurén zài ànzhōng diàochá zhè ge shìr ，ér xiányí zuìdà de shì Róng niángniang 。
There are people in the palace discreetly looking into this matter as we speak. The prime suspect is Lady Rong.
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