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  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
to conspire; to plot / a conspiracy; a plot
HSK 6
(lit. and fig.) shadow / CL:
HSK 6
(saying) time is precious
Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
prolonged spell of rainy weather
queef
the dark side (of society etc)
shady
time available
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
perineum / see 會陰穴|会阴穴
treacherous / sinister
Huayin, a county-level city in Weinan City 渭南市, Shaanxi
(idiom) How time flies!
tree shade / shady
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
treacherous and murderous
the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
variant of 陰|阴
HSK 2
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
Mengyin county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
secret virtue
(of skies or one's mood) gloomy
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern
to test negative
gloomy and cold
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
gloomy
hidden merits
to cherish every moment / to make good use of one's time
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
surname Yin
in the shade / shady
shady place
schemer / conspirator
the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
hell / nether world
hell / the inferno
female external genitalia (anatomy) / vulva
(coll.) to play dirty; to use underhanded tactics / (coll.) sneaky; underhanded
the genitals
vulva
scrotum
gentle and reserved / soft / feminine
dark cloud
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
vulva / pudenda
outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service / to agree overtly, but oppose in secret
malicious / treacherous
false negative
shadowy
hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
haze
false negative
sinister / insidious
Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南, Shandong
clitoris
conspiracy theory
yin and yang
Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南, Shandong
Mengyin county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Jiangyin, a county-level city in Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市, Jiangsu
Hanyin County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
to dry in the shade
lunar calendar
cathode / negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
dark and moist
to burn without flame; to smolder
condom / CL: 隻|只
crab louse; pubic louse
the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
vaginal infection / inflammation of the vulva or vagina / colpitis
underworld soldier; ghost soldier
dark (weather, mood)
(TCM) acupuncture point CV-1, located on the perineum
sewer; underground drainage channel
sex fluids
deficiency of yin 陰|阴 (TCM)
crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities
(anatomy) labia (of the vulva)
(feng shui term) tomb
negative ion / anion (physics)
charitable acts performed in secret / hidden good deeds
ghost / spirit
Tangyin, a county in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
clitoris
hymen
overcast and rainy
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
eccentric / peculiar / mystifying
Huaiyin, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市, Jiangsu

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