黑暗时代

hēi àn shí dài

Dark Ages

hēi

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

àn

(literary) to close (a door)

shí

o'clock

dài

to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute