pitch-dark

pitch-dark

Dark sky and dark earth, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ū NTI ā NH ē ID ì, which means to describe the dark sky; also refers to social darkness and chaos. It's from the second moment of surprise.

The origin of Idioms

Ling Mengchu of Ming Dynasty, Volume 25 of Er Ke Pai an amazement: "Zheng Ruizhu is in the dark. He doesn't know where this road is, whether it is near or far from home."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. example Yushi Mingyan Volume 13 Taoist mausoleum seven tests Zhao Sheng: "Gui Shuai changes again into five colors of clouds and fog, dark sky and dark earth. The real person changes a round of red sun, rises in nine sky Chapter 5 of the heroine of Eastern Europe: "all of a sudden, the lights on the street went out for some unknown reason, and it turned into a dark world." The eighth chapter of the scholars by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: "I was really in a hurry. After a few days of drought, I took a boat and walked all the way to Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province." Chapter 52 of a brief history of civilization: "after the translation, Rao Hong was so angry that he was in a daze." Chapter 100: all relatives except your family are dark. Chapter 95 of the strange situation witnessed in 20 years: "if he is a bit promising, he should come out to make a fuss; however, he is still in the dark, hiding in the gambling house and whorehouse all day long." "Muddleheaded world" Volume 2: "then set the table to open, guess boxing, make a dark Corrupt officials have made society dark. Lu Xun's book of two places 9: as in the dark now, if you open the window to tell the truth, you still have to make sacrifices.