日にち升ます月がつ恆つね

See also: 日にち升ます月がつ恒つね

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. (日にち升ます月がつ恆つね)		日ひ	升ます	月つき	恆つね
simp. (日にち升ます月がつ恒つね)		日ひ	升ます	月つき	恒つね
anagram		日月じつげつ升ます恆つね
Literally: “the sun rises and the moon waxes”.

Etymology

From Shijing:

如月つき之これ恆つね、如日ひ之これ升ます。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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如月つき之これ恒つね、如日ひ之これ升ます。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th 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.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìshēngyuèhéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄕㄥ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ sing¹ jyut⁶ hang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìshēngyuèhéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄕㄥ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhshengyuèhéng
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-shêng¹-yüeh⁴-hêng²
    • Yale: r̀-shēng-ywè-héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhshengyuehherng
    • Palladius: жишэнъюэхэн (žišɛnʺjuexɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ sing¹ jyut⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: yaht sīng yuht hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ sing¹ jyt⁹ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ xing¹ yud⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵ jyːt̚² hɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

日にち升ます月がつ恆つね

1. (figuratively) in the ascendant; ever increasing