漆黑一團

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīhēiyītuán
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄏㄟㄧㄊㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ hak¹ jat¹ tyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīhēiyītuán [Phonetic: qīhēiyìtuán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄏㄟㄧㄊㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciheiyituán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hei¹-i¹-tʻuan²
  - Yale: chī-hēi-yī-twán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiheiitwan
  - Palladius: цихэйитуань (cixɛjituanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰwän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ hak¹ jat¹ tyun⁴
  - Yale: chāt hāk yāt tyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ hak⁷ jat⁷ tyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ heg¹ yed¹ tün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ tʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

漆黑一團

Synonym of 一團漆黑／一团漆黑 (yītuánqīhēi).
- 不論是近百年的和古代的中國史，在許多黨員的心目中還是漆黑一團。 [MSC, trad.]
  不论是近百年的和古代的中国史，在许多党员的心目中还是漆黑一团。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1941, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《改造我們的學習》 (Reform Our Study), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Bùlùn shì jìn bǎinián de hé gǔdài de Zhōngguóshǐ, zài xǔduō Dǎngyuán de xīnmù zhōng háishì qīhēiyītuán. [Pinyin]
  Many Party members are still in a fog about Chinese history, whether of the last hundred years or of ancient times.
- 在這種態度下，就是割斷歷史，只懂得希臘，不懂得中國，對於中國昨天和前天的面目漆黑一團。 [MSC, trad.]
  在这种态度下，就是割断历史，只懂得希腊，不懂得中国，对于中国昨天和前天的面目漆黑一团。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1941, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《改造我們的學習》 (Reform Our Study), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zài zhè zhǒng tàidù xià, jiùshì gēduàn lìshǐ, zhǐ dǒngde Xīlà, bù dǒngde Zhōngguó, duìyú Zhōngguó zuótiān hé qiántiān de miànmù qīhēiyītuán. [Pinyin]
  With this attitude, he chops up history, knows only ancient Greece but not China and is in a fog about the China of yesterday and the day before yesterday.