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天亮

tiān liàng · tian liang

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Meaning

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  1. to grow light (at daybreak)
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Is it morning yet?

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，起床(qǐchuáng)了(le)，天亮(tiānliàng)了(le)！

    Dengdeng, get up! It is light!

  2. Dengdeng

    才(cái)四点(sìdiǎn)，天亮(tiānliàng)得(de)这么(zhème)早(zǎo)？

    It is only four o'clock. How can day break so early?

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)窗外(chuāngwài)，外面(wàimiàn)亮亮的(liàngliàngde)。

    Look outside the window. It is bright out there.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)是(shì)对面(duìmiàn)的(de)路灯(lùdēng)，不是(bùshì)天亮(tiānliàng)。

    That is the street lamp across the road, not daybreak.

  5. Liangliang

    啊(a)。那(nà)我们(wǒmen)再(zài)睡(shuì)一会儿(yīhuìr)，等(děng)天亮(tiānliàng)吧(ba)。

    Oh. Then let us sleep a little more and wait for daybreak.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)天(tiān)亮(liàng)前(qián)就(jiù)到(dào)这(zhè)了(le)。

Tom got here before sunrise.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gumblex · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)一(yì)直(zhí)聊(liáo)到(dào)天(tiān)亮(liàng)才(cái)睡(shuì)觉(jiào)。

We talked until dawn before going to sleep.

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