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Today’s idiom is 「日積月累」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

It accumulates day by day and month by month. Refers to continuous accumulation over a long period of time.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rì jī yuè lèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat6 jik1 yut6 leui6

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