rạng sáng
Definition
- Noun:
- Dawn / daybreak / first light: The period of time in the early morning when the sky begins to get light, but before the sun appears above the horizon. It marks the transition from night to day.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Chúng tôi thức dậy từ lúc rạng sáng. (We woke up at dawn.)
- Rạng sáng là thời điểm mát mẻ nhất trong ngày. (Daybreak is the coolest time of the day.)
- Cô ấy sẽ về đến nhà vào khoảng rạng sáng. (She will arrive home around first light.)
Advanced Usage
- "từ lúc rạng sáng": from the crack of dawn.
- Họ đã làm việc từ lúc rạng sáng. (They have been working from the crack of dawn.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bình minh (n): sunrise, dawn (often with a more poetic connotation).
- Hừng sáng (n): dawn, the first glow of dawn (similar to 'rạng sáng').
- Tảng sáng (n): dawn, daybreak (a regional variant, as noted in the reference).
Synonyms
- Dawn: The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
- Daybreak: The time in the morning when light first appears.
- First light: The earliest light of the morning.
- Sunrise: The moment the sun appears above the horizon (slightly later than 'rạng sáng').
Related Idioms
- "Rạng sáng chưa thấy mặt trời": Used metaphorically to describe a situation where the outcome is not yet clear or visible, similar to "the dawn before the sunrise."
- Dự án vẫn còn như rạng sáng chưa thấy mặt trời. (The project is still like the dawn before the sunrise—its outcome is not yet clear.)