Translation tattoo idea

[onetimeuse]

This is a possible tattoo idea, 'its the darkest before the dawn', could I get it translated into chinese tradition symbols please?!

[Jim]

It can be done but the imagery was imported in translation so doesn't really come over as particularly special in Chinese in my opinion, which would be even less of a reason to have it tattooed in a language you don't know.

Anyway, to answer the question you asked, one version is which is fairly literal modern vernacular is 黎明前最黑暗 , maybe something like 昏天暗地天将破晓 to sound more literary but I've just made that up and it might be rubbish. Would advise against in any case.

[Tomsima]

there must be a good idiom that captures this, I can only think of 苦盡甘來 but that's not quite the same