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The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn
lí míng qián de hēi àn
黎明前的黑暗 is the most natural way to write “The night is darkest before the dawn,” in Chinese.
The words break down this way by meaning this way:
1.黎明 dawn or daybreak
2.前 before, in front, ago, former, previous, and/or earlier
3.的 (possessive particle) of
4.黑暗 dark, darkly, or darkness
If you try to understand the Chinese word order and grammar, it's like, “Before dawn is the darkest [time].”
Dawn / Early Morning / Twilight
黎明 is the word that means dawn, early morning, or daybreak in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
黎明 see styles |
lí míng li2 ming2 li ming reimei / reme れいめい |
More info & calligraphy: Dawn / Early Morning / Twilight(1) daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); (2) dawn (of a new age); (female given name) Reimei |
旦 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan hajimu はじむ |
(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) (given name) Hajimu Dawn. |
昒 see styles |
hū hu1 hu |
daybreak; dawn; dusky; dim |
晗 see styles |
hán han2 han |
before daybreak; dawn about to break; (used in given names) |
晨 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen hayashi はやし |
morning; dawn; daybreak (surname) Hayashi Dawn, morning. |
暁 see styles |
xiǎo xiao3 hsiao yutaka ゆたか |
Japanese variant of 曉|晓 (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) dawn; daybreak; (1) dawn; daybreak; (2) event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence; (personal name) Yutaka |
曉 晓 see styles |
xiǎo xiao3 hsiao shou / sho しょう |
dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit (out-dated kanji) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) dawn; daybreak; (out-dated kanji) (1) dawn; daybreak; (2) event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence; (female given name) Shou Dawn, shining, clear; to know, to make known. |
曙 see styles |
shǔ shu3 shu akebono あけぼの |
(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4] dawn; daybreak; beginning; (given name) Sho |
仏暁 see styles |
futsugyou / futsugyo ふつぎょう |
(irregular kanji usage) (n-adv,n-t) dawn; daybreak |
傍亮 see styles |
bàng liàng bang4 liang4 pang liang |
dawn; daybreak |
四上 see styles |
sì shàng si4 shang4 ssu shang shijō |
The four times a day of going up to worship— daybreak, noon, evening, and midnight. |
夜明 see styles |
yoake よあけ |
(irregular okurigana usage) dawn; daybreak; (p,s,f) Yoake |
天亮 see styles |
tiān liàng tian1 liang4 t`ien liang tien liang |
to grow light (at daybreak) |
天明 see styles |
tiān míng tian1 ming2 t`ien ming tien ming tenmei / tenme てんめい |
dawn; daybreak (1) dawn; daybreak; (2) (hist) Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25); (place-name, surname) Tenmei |
平旦 see styles |
píng dàn ping2 dan4 p`ing tan ping tan |
(literary) daybreak; dawn |
平明 see styles |
píng míng ping2 ming2 p`ing ming ping ming heimei / heme へいめい |
(literary) dawn; daybreak; impartial and astute (noun or adjectival noun) clear; simple; (personal name) Heimei |
払暁 see styles |
futsugyou / futsugyo ふつぎょう |
(n-adv,n-t) dawn; daybreak |
拂曉 拂晓 see styles |
fú xiǎo fu2 xiao3 fu hsiao |
daybreak; approach of dawn |
早暁 see styles |
sougyou / sogyo そうぎょう |
(n,adv) daybreak; dawn |
明け see styles |
ake あけ |
(n,adj-no,n-suf,adv) (1) (ant: 暮れ・1) dawn; daybreak; (n-suf,n-pref) (2) end; soon after something has ended; (n-suf,n-pref) (3) beginning (of a new year, month, etc.) |
明旦 see styles |
míng dàn ming2 dan4 ming tan myoutan; meitan / myotan; metan みょうたん; めいたん |
(n,adv) (obsolete) (See 明朝・みょうちょう) tomorrow morning daybreak |
明烏 see styles |
akegarasu あけがらす |
(1) daybreak sound of a crow; (2) (name of) poetry anthology |
昧旦 see styles |
mèi dàn mei4 dan4 mei tan maitan まいたん |
the time just before daybreak (archaism) dawn; daybreak |
暁角 see styles |
gyoukaku / gyokaku ぎょうかく |
(archaism) sound of a horn announcing daybreak |
曙光 see styles |
shǔ guāng shu3 guang1 shu kuang shokou / shoko しょこう |
the first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning (1) dawn; daybreak; first light of day; (2) (fig. as in 〜の曙光) first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects; (female given name) Hikari |
東雲 see styles |
shinonome しののめ |
(archaism) daybreak; dawn; (place-name) Tōun |
清早 see styles |
qīng zǎo qing1 zao3 ch`ing tsao ching tsao |
first thing in the morning; at daybreak |
眛旦 see styles |
maidan まいだん |
(obscure) dawn; daybreak |
破曉 破晓 see styles |
pò xiǎo po4 xiao3 p`o hsiao po hsiao |
daybreak; dawn |
鶏鳴 see styles |
keimei / keme けいめい |
(1) (form) crowing of a cock; crowing of a rooster; (2) (form) cockcrow; dawn; daybreak; (3) (archaism) (See 丑の刻) hour of the Ox (around 2am) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn | 黎明前的黑暗 | lí míng qián de hēi àn li2 ming2 qian2 de hei1 an4 li ming qian de hei an limingqiandeheian | li ming ch`ien te hei an limingchienteheian li ming chien te hei an |
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| Dawn Early Morning Twilight | 黎明 | rei mei / reimei | lí míng / li2 ming2 / li ming / liming | |
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