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Dawn / Early Morning / Twilight

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lí míng

rei mei

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黎明 is the word that means dawn, early morning, or daybreak in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn

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lí míng qián de hēi àn

The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn Scroll

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].”

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark

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xìn niǎn shì zài lí míng qián de hēi àn zhōng néng gǎn dào guāng míng de niǎo

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark Scroll

信唸是在黎明前的黑闇中能感到光明的鳥 is a philosophical poem/quote from Indian Poet and Philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore, 1915

This quote is not sourced, and therefore several variations exist in English. Some suggest the original was in the Bengali language.

This, of course, is the Chinese translation that has the meaning of, “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

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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 dawn; daybreak (1) daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); (2) dawn (of a new age); (female given name) Reimei
黎明前的黑暗 see styles	lí míng qián de hēi àn li2 ming2 qian2 de5 hei1 an4 li ming ch`ien te hei an li ming chien te hei an	More info & calligraphy: The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn darkness comes before dawn; things can only get better (idiom)
黎明会 see styles	reimeikai / remekai れいめいかい	黎明会 Custom Scroll (org) Reimeikai; progressive political society at various universities in Japan (1918-1920); (o) Reimeikai; progressive political society at various universities in Japan (1918-1920)
黎明期 see styles	reimeiki / remeki れいめいき	黎明期 Custom Scroll dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
黎明橋 see styles	reimeibashi / remebashi れいめいばし	黎明橋 Custom Scroll (place-name) Reimeibashi
黎明館 see styles	reimaikan / remaikan れいまいかん	黎明館 Custom Scroll (place-name) Reimeikan (museum in Kagoshima)
岡村黎明 see styles	okamurareimei / okamurareme おかむられいめい	岡村黎明 Custom Scroll (person) Okamura Reimei
師田黎明 see styles	morotareimei / morotareme もろたれいめい	師田黎明 Custom Scroll (person) Morota Reimei
黎明の塔 see styles	reimeinotou / remenoto れいめいのとう	黎明の塔 Custom Scroll (place-name) Reimeinotou
黎明時分黎明时分 see styles	lí míng shí fēn li2 ming2 shi2 fen1 li ming shih fen	黎明時分 Custom Scroll daybreak; at the crack of dawn
徳川黎明会 see styles	tokugawareimeikai / tokugawaremekai とくがわれいめいかい	徳川黎明会 Custom Scroll (person) Tokugawa Reimeikai
Variations: 黎明期繁明期(iK) see styles	reimeiki / remeki れいめいき	dawning (of a new era); dawn
Variations: 黎明期繁明期(sK) see styles	reimeiki / remeki れいめいき	dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Dawn Early Morning Twilight	黎明	rei mei / reimei	lí míng / li2 ming2 / li ming / liming
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
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark	信唸是在黎明前的黑闇中能感到光明的鳥信念是在黎明前的黑暗中能感到光明的鸟		xìn niǎn shì zài lí míng qián de hēi àn zhōng néng gǎn dào guāng míng de niǎo xin4 nian3 shi4 zai4 li2 ming2 qian2 de hei1 an4 zhong1 neng2 gan3 dao4 guang1 ming2 de niao3 xin nian shi zai li ming qian de hei an zhong neng gan dao guang ming de niao	hsin nien shih tsai li ming ch`ien te hei an chung neng kan tao kuang ming te niao hsin nien shih tsai li ming chien te hei an chung neng kan tao kuang ming te niao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.