伸手不見掌
shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​zhǎng

pitch-dark

  • created sense approved 伸手不见掌/伸手不見掌 · shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​zhǎng · pitch-dark — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伸手不见掌 / 伸手不見掌

    shēn​shǒu​bù​jiàn​zhǎng

    pitch-dark

    cannot see one's own palm when stretching out a hand; so dark that one cannot see anything

    伸手 (literal) → 伸手 · shēn​shǒu · to reach out 不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bù​jiàn · not to see 掌 (literal) → 掌 · zhǎng · palm

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense