如日方 升
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[edit]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 | ||
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Literally: “like the rising sun”. |
Etymology
[edit]From the Classic of Poetry, poem 166 (《
- 如
- 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. [Pinyin]
- Like the moon advancing to the full,
Like the sun ascending the heavens.
月 之 恆 ,如日之 升 。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
如月 之 恒 ,如日之 升 。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄈㄤ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rúrìhfangsheng
- Wade–Giles: ju2-jih4-fang1-shêng1
- Yale: rú-r̀-fāng-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruryhfangsheng
- Palladius: жужифаншэн (žužifanšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]如日
- (figuratively) to have broad and bright prospects
- From: 1938,
毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論 持久 戰 》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集 》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition - Zhōngguó shì rúrìfāngshēng de guójiā, zhè tóng Rìběn dìguózhǔyì de mòluò zhuàngtài qià shì xiāngfǎn de duìzhào. [Pinyin]
- By contrast with Japanese imperialism, which is declining, China is a country rising like the morning sun.
中國 是 如日方 升 的 國家 ,這同 日本 帝國 主義 的 沒落 狀態 恰是 相反 的 對照 。 [MSC, trad.]中国 是 如日方 升 的 国家 ,这同 日本 帝国 主 义的 没落 状 态恰是 相反 的 对照。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1938,
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