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): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ ho⁴ jat⁶ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānghé rìxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄜˊ 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

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