| 喑哑 | yīn yǎ | hoarse; raspy | |
| 万马齐喑 | wàn mǎ qí yīn | thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression |
| 1 | They secretly entered into collusion with the northern warlords. | |
| 2 | The sunlight faded like a whisper and vanished. | |
| 3 | As a connoisseur of fine diplomacy, Henry Kissinger finds a lot of it to admire in China. | |
| 4 | A more conductive carbon black part typically has a more mottled, duller surface. | |
| 5 | It's said that the posture of the horses implied the spirits of Chinese people in fighting against the Japanese invaders. |