tinh sương

Mới tinh sương, người nông dân đã ra đồng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Dawn / daybreak / first light: The very early time of morning when light first begins to appear in the sky, before or as the sun rises. It describes the moment night transitions to day.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi dậy từ lúc tinh sương. (My mother wakes up at dawn.)
  • Tiếng gà gáy vang lên lúc tinh sương. (The rooster's crow rings out at daybreak.)
  • Chúng tôi lên đường khi trời mới tinh sương. (We set off when it was just first light.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used poetically or in literature to evoke a serene, early morning atmosphere. It implies a time of quiet, freshness, and the beginning of daily activities.

Variants and Related Words

• Tinh mơ (n): A near-synonym meaning the very early morning, dawn.
  • Ông ấy tập thể dục lúc tinh mơ. (He exercises at the crack of dawn.)

Synonyms

• Dawn: The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
• Daybreak: The time in the morning when daylight first appears.
• First light: The initial light of dawn.
• Crack of dawn: A common idiom for a very early hour in the morning.

Related Idioms

• While "tinh sương" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is used in similar contexts to the English idiom "at the crack of dawn."
  • Công việc bắt đầu từ lúc tinh sương. (The work begins at the crack of dawn.)