暗 Stroke Order

There is a way out (for somebody). / Every cloud has a silver lining.

hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans

metaphor

concealed weapon

unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute

gloom

flicker

to be secretly in love with

underground excavation

dark / darkly / darkness

dusky

a murky sky over a dark earth / dark all round / gloomy above and dark below

dark and gloomy

secretly / inwardly

to hint / to suggest / suggestion / hint

in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously

think to oneself

inwardly / to oneself / secretly

secret passage / secret tunnel

to plot against

dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)

dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak

to assassinate

secretly / inwardly / on the sly

to hide / to conceal

secret place

laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker

secret signal (sign) / countersign / password

wine / dark red / dull red / marroon / kermesinus

underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert