天明

天明

1. to break (of dawn)

   • 殺到天明，張梁、張寶引敗殘軍士，奪路而走。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     杀到天明，张梁、张宝引败残军士，夺路而走。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Shā dào tiānmíng, Zhāng Liáng, Zhāng Bǎo yǐn bàicán jūnshì, duólù ér zǒu. [Pinyin]

     The battle continued until dawn. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, with a group of flying rebels, found a way of escape.

   • 眾鳥同枝宿，天明各自飛。人生亦如此，何必淚沾衣。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Anonymous poem quoted in《芝峰類說》, 1614

     Jung jo dong ji suk, cheonmyeong gak ja bi. Insaeng yeog yeocha, hapil nu cheom ui. [Sino-Korean]

     A flock of birds sleep on the same branch, but dawn breaks and they fly away on their own. Life is like this; why should your tears wet my robes?

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mːe̞ː]

天(てん)明(めい) • (tenmei) 

1. daybreak

• 夜明(よあ)け (yoake)

天(てん)明(めい) • (Tenmei) 

1. the Tenmei era, 1781-1789

• 安永(あんえい) (An'ei) (era preceding Tenmei)
• 寛政(かんせい) (Kansei) (era following Tenmei)

天明 • (cheonmyeong) (hangeul 천명)

1. Hanja form^? of 천명.