4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 777

We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「日就月將」, explained below.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「日就月將」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Just: achievement; will: progress. Achieve something every day and make progress every month. Describes continuous improvement. It also accumulates over time.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rì jiù yuè jiāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat6 jau6 yut6 jeung1

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