dark around
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ti ā NH ū nd ì h ē I, which means abnormal interest. It comes from Han Yu's longyi in Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu's poem "the Dragon moves" in Tang Dynasty: "the sky is dim and the earth is dark, the Dragon moves, the thunder startles and the electricity excites the male and female to follow." Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 24 of his book the first moment of surprise: "I just heard a gust of wind passing by. It was dark and the ghosts were crying. I couldn't see my fingers in front of my eyes and fainted for a moment."
Analysis of Idioms
The sky is dim and the earth is dark
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, adverbial; of sky or society
Examples
Take a look at rural life. When farmers are busy, housewives are even busier. Tao Xingzhi's manifesto on the creation of Rural Kindergartens
Chinese PinYin : tiān hūn dì hēi
dark around
it 's raining and blowing hard. fēng yǔ jiāo jiā