黎明时分

黎明時分

límíngshífēn

phrase

Meanings

1 daybreak
2 at the crack of dawn
3 first light

Characters

dark; just before dawn

moment; portion

Examples

黎明时分，部队悄悄出发了。

Límíng shífēn, bùduì qiāoqiāo chūfā le.

At daybreak, the troops quietly set out.

他每天黎明时分就起床跑步。

Tā měi tiān límíng shífēn jiù qǐchuáng pǎobù.

He gets up to go running at the crack of dawn every day.

Tips

register

Literary register. In casual speech you would say 天亮的时候 (tiānliàng de shíhòu). 黎明时分 belongs to news reports, novels, and poetry.

Stroke Order

黎 lí

明 míng

时 shí

分 fēn