黎明前的黑暗

lí míng qián de hēi àn

darkness comes before dawn

things can only get better (idiom)

abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]

míng

bright

qián

front

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

hēi

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

àn

(literary) to close (a door)