黎明
límíng
dawn; daybreak
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 黎明前的海面异常平静，仿佛整座城市都屏住了呼吸。 Límíng qián de hǎimiàn yìcháng píngjìng, fǎngfú zhěng zuò chéngshì dōu bǐng zhù le hūxī. Before dawn, the sea was unusually calm, as if the whole city were holding its breath.
- 黎明时分，渔民们已经出海了。 Límíng shífēn, yúmínmen yǐjīng chūhǎi le. At daybreak, the fishermen had already set out to sea.
- 我们在黎明前出发，想赶在日出时到达山顶。 Wǒmen zài límíng qián chūfā, xiǎng gǎn zài rìchū shí dàodá shāndǐng. We set off before dawn, hoping to reach the summit at sunrise.
Related words
- 明白 míngbai to understand; clear
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
- 明星 míngxīng celebrity; star
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 表明 biǎomíng to show; to make clear
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 光明 guāngmíng bright; hopeful
- 明确 míngquè clear; definite
- 明显 míngxiǎn obvious
- 声明 shēngmíng statement
- 文明 wénmíng civilized