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the darkest hour
We left before daybreak.
They don't meet in the daytime; they meet either early before light, at dawn, or after dark, at night.

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Open the tool →黎明前 (lí míng qián) means “before dawn, the darkest hour”.
黎明前 is pronounced lí míng qián in Mandarin Chinese.
“before dawn” is 黎明前 (lí míng qián) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 黎明前, each with pinyin and an English translation.