日新月异 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• daily renewal, monthly change
• every day sees new developments
• rapid progress

Character by character

• 日rìsun; day; daytime
• 新xīnnew, recent, fresh, modern
• 月yuèmoon; month
• 异yìdifferent, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising

Idioms sharing a character

• 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
• 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
• 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
• 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
• 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
• 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
• 偷天换日 tōu tiān huàn rì
• 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
• 同日而语 tóng rì ér yǔ
• 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì

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