一團漆黑

Chinese

		one ball; one pile; one group one ball; one pile; one group; one bunch	pitch-black; extremely dark
trad. (一團漆黑)		一團	漆黑
simp. (一团漆黑)		一团	漆黑
anagram		漆黑一團／漆黑一团

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yītuánqīhēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧ ㄏㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ tyun⁴ cat¹ haak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yītuánqīhēi [Phonetic: yìtuánqīhēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yituáncihei
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tʻuan²-chʻi¹-hei¹
    • Yale: yī-twán-chī-hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itwanchihei
    • Palladius: итуаньцихэй (ituanʹcixɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ tyun⁴ cat¹ haak¹
    • Yale: yāt tyùhn chāt hāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tyn⁴ tsat⁷ haak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tün⁴ ced¹ hag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ haːk̚⁵/

Idiom

一團漆黑

1. pitch-dark
2. (figuratively) utterly hopeless
3. (figuratively) absolutely ignorant; completely in the dark

   Synonym: 一無所知 / 一无所知 (yīwúsuǒzhī)

4. (figuratively) good for nothing

   Synonym: 一無是處 / 一无是处 (yīwúshìchù)

   把我們的工作描繪成一團漆黑是完全錯誤的。 [MSC, trad.]
   把我们的工作描绘成一团漆黑是完全错误的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bǎ wǒmen de gōngzuò miáohuì chéng yītuánqīhēi shì wánquán cuòwù de. [Pinyin]

   It is completely wrong to describe our work as an utter failure.

Synonyms

• 漆黑一團／漆黑一团 (qīhēiyītuán)
• 黑漆一團／黑漆一团