lí​míng​qián​de​hēi'àn

darkness before dawn

  • created sense approved 黎明前的黑暗 · lí​míng​qián​de​hēi'àn · darkness before dawn — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黎明前的黑暗

    lí​míng​qián​de​hēi'àn

    darkness before dawn

    the darkest hour is just before the dawn; things are at their worst just before they begin to improve

    黎明 (literal) → 黎明 · lí​míng · dawn 前 (literal) → 前 · qián · before 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 黑暗 (literal) → 黑暗 · hēi'àn · dark

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense