如日方升

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Chinese

as (if); such as
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
to raise; to hoist; to promote
to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint
trad. (如日方升)
simp. #(如日方升)
Literally: “like the rising sun”.

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 166 (《詩經·小雅·天保》):

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

Pronunciation


Idiom

如日方升

  1. (figuratively) to have broad and bright prospects