曙光

shǔ guāng

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

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dark

literal darkness before dawn

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to wish for

figurative sense of new beginning

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first rays of morning sun

黎明时的阳光

Commonly used with 一线 (yī xiàn) as 一线曙光, meaning 'a ray of hope'.

曙光 often symbolizes hope or a new beginning in literary and political contexts.

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黑暗过后，我们终于看到了曙光。

After the darkness, we finally saw the dawn.

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light

daybreak