sexual innuendo; indirect sexual suggestion in words, gestures, images etc
whistle given as a secret signal
veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
1. to monitor secretly2. to spy on
(bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
(bird species of China) black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos)
1. covert activities (election rigging etc)2. under-the-table manipulations3. black operations
(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
(bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
暗黑破坏神 暗黑破壞神 àn hēi pò huài shén Diablo (video game series)
1. darkness comes before dawn2. things can only get better (idiom)
兼听则明，偏信则暗 兼聽則明，偏信則暗 jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉 míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng 1. lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)2. fig. to feign one thing while doing another3. to cheat under cover of a diversion
明枪好躲，暗箭难防 明槍好躲，暗箭難防 míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防 明槍易躲，暗箭難防 míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
see 明察暗访[míng chá àn fǎng]
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
black-crowned night heron (Tw)