lí míng qián de hēi àn
darkness comes before dawn
things can only get better (idiom)
黎
lí
abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]
明
míng
bright
前
qián
front
的
de
of; ~'s (possessive particle)
黑
hēi
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
暗
àn
(literary) to close (a door)
