日升月恆

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Chinese[edit]

 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
to raise; to hoist; to promote
to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint
moon; month permanent
trad. (日升月恆)
simp. (日升月恒)
Literally: “the sun rises and the moon waxes”.

Etymology[edit]

From Shijing:

[Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
[Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
yuè zhī héng, rú zhī shēng. [Pinyin]
Like the moon advancing to the full,
Like the sun ascending the heavens.

Pronunciation[edit]


Idiom[edit]

日升月恆

  1. (figuratively) in the ascendant; ever increasing