英語同義詞解析:When Talking About Black

　　編者按：在中國文化中，黑色有時候也是用烏這個字來代替的，烏黑本來就是同義詞的轉換，來看一看英語怎么解釋黑這個詞。

　　When talking about colors, both "烏" (wū) and "黑" (hēi) seem to mean "black".

　　Look at two interesting words :

　　烏龍茶 (wūlóngchá), oolong tea, literally, it means "black dragon tea".

　　黑龍江 (hēilóngjiāng), a river/province in north-east of China, literally, it means "black dragon river"

　　Both 烏龍 and 黑龍 mean "black dragon". What is the difference between them?

　　In modern Chinese, 黑 (hēi) is the primary word for 'black' (noun or adjective) ;

　　烏(wū) is used for 'dark' or 'blackish' only in some fixed phrases , idioms and names. For examples:

　　黑發 (hēifà) black hair

　　黑夜 (hēiyè) night

　　黑板 (hēibǎn) blackboard

　　黑馬 (hēimǎ) dark horse (fig. unexpected winner)

　　烏鴉 (wūyā) crow

　　烏龍茶 (wūlóngchá) oolong tea

　　烏云 (wūyún) dark clouds

　　烏龜 (wūguī) tortoise

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