江河日下

Chinese

		the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers; rivers	at the moment; currently; to go down day by day
simp. and trad. (江河日下)		江河	日下
Literally: “the (water level) of the streams and rivers goes down by the day (because of the change of seasons)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānghé rìxià

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ ho⁴ jat⁶ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānghé rìxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianghé rìhsià
  - Wade–Giles: chiang¹-ho² jih⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: jyāng-hé r̀-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangher ryhshiah
  - Palladius: цзянхэ жися (czjanxɛ žisja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ ho⁴ jat⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: gōng hòh yaht hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ ho⁴ jat⁹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ ho⁴ yed⁶ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹ jɐt̚² haː²²/

Idiom

江河日下

to worsen by the day; to get worse with each passing day

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