日升月恆

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Chinese

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)
anagram 日月升恆
Literally: “the sun rises and the moon waxes”.

Etymology

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.
Like the moon advancing to the full,
Like the sun ascending the heavens.

Pronunciation


Idiom

日升月恆

  1. (figuratively) in the ascendant; ever increasing