日积月累
rì jī yuè lěi
Pinyin

Definition

日积月累
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rì jī yuè lěi
  1. to accumulate over a long period of time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn rì
  1. 1 today
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
lěi
  1. 1 to accumulate
  2. 2 to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi])
  3. 3 continuous
  4. 4 repeated
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
shāng hén lěi lěi
  1. 1 bruised
  2. 2 riddled with scars
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
láo lèi
  1. 1 tired
  2. 2 exhausted
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 to toil
Shí yuè
  1. 1 October
  2. 2 tenth month (of the lunar year)
jí rì
  1. 1 this or that very day
  2. 2 in the next few days

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一日为师,终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state

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