to be secretly in love with
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
1.to hint at2.to imply3.sth hidden
1.secret agent2.detective
1.underground water channel2.covered ditch3.culvert
sewer; underground drainage channel
1.unmentionable disease2.a disease one is ashamed of
1.to curse under one's breath2.to grumble inaudibly
camera bag (for changing film)
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
1.to commit to memory2.secret mark
1.(theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene)2.(literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
secret passage; secret tunnel
built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明锁[míng suǒ] "exposed lock")
1.to darken2.to become tarnished
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
(visual physiology) dark adaptation
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
1.open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret2.taking information from all sides
1.to cast pearls before swine (idiom)2.not to get proper recognition for one's talents
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
1.to renounce the dark and seek the light2.to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
to get pregnant out of wedlock
1.head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy2.fainting3.vertigo
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
variant of 明察暗访[míng chá àn fǎng]
1.submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats2.(fig.) informer3.spy
1.submerged sandbank2.submerged coral islet
sealed pot calcination (TCM)
1.axillary furuncle2.armpit boil
latent menstruation (TCM)