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"early dawn" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
薄明 bó míng dim light / early dawn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一早 yī zǎo early in the morning / at dawn syn
黎明 lí míng dawn / daybreak syn
早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn
曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn
破晓 破曉 pò xiǎo daybreak / dawn syn
拂晓 拂曉 fú xiǎo daybreak / approach of dawn syn
早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job)
晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn
天明 tiān míng dawn / daybreak syn
蒙蒙亮 矇矇亮 mēng mēng liàng dawn / the first glimmer of light syn
鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth syn
旷古 曠古 kuàng gǔ since the dawn of time / from the year dot syn
启明 啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn syn
朝花夕拾 zhāo huā xī shī "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
晨 chén morning / dawn / daybreak syn
旭 xù dawn / rising sun syn
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit syn
旦 dàn (literary) dawn / daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn
欧若拉 歐若拉 ōu ruò lā Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn
虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
曙 shǔ (bound form) daybreak / dawn / Taiwan pr. [shu4] syn
晗 hán before daybreak / dawn about to break / (used in given names)
昕 xīn dawn syn
他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn
还 還 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn
早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [zao3chen5] syn
凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn
少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn
清晨 qīng chén early morning syn
早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early syn
尽早 儘早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible syn
预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn
前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn
小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn
开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn
早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift
早熟 zǎo shú precocious / early-maturing syn
捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn
早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn
大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn
襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn
早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death syn
初夏 chū xià early summer syn
学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education
中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds)
甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn
近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
早婚 zǎo hūn to marry too early
起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS
督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn
大总统 大總統 dà zǒng tǒng president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928)
早春 zǎo chūn early spring syn
早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe
早在 zǎo zài as early as
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn
适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter
诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
郑和 鄭和 zhèng hé Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn
初年 chū nián early years
清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
预警系统 預警系統 yù jǐng xì tǒng early warning system
初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
初冬 chū dōng early winter
晚清 wǎn qīng the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China
预警机制 預警機制 early warning mechanism
华灯初上 華燈初上 huá dēng chū shàng early evening when lanterns are first lit
反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
稍早 shāo zǎo a little early
李大钊 李大釗 lǐ dà zhāo Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
王世充 wáng shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
提前退休 tí qián tuì xiū early retirement
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
王勃 wáng bó Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
旧唐书 舊唐書 jiù táng shū History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
李渔 李漁 lǐ yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
早秋 zǎo qiū early autumn
李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
天演 tiān yǎn natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)
骆宾王 駱賓王 luò bīn wáng Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
初叶 初葉 chū yè early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years
笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities syn
早 zǎo early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely syn
大清早 dà qīng zǎo early in the morning syn
卢瑟福 盧瑟福 lú sè fú Rutherford (name) / Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), early nuclear physicist from New Zealand
月初 yuè chū start of month / early in the month syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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