蒸蒸日上

Chinese

			day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (蒸蒸日上)		蒸蒸	日	上
simp. #(蒸蒸日上)		蒸蒸	日	上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngzhēngrìshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄓㄥ ㄖˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zing¹ jat⁶ soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngzhēngrìshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄓㄥ ㄖˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengjhengrìhshàng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chêng¹-jih⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: jēng-jēng-r̀-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjengryhshanq
    • Palladius: чжэнчжэнжишан (čžɛnčžɛnžišan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ zing¹ jat⁶ soeng⁵
    • Yale: jīng jīng yaht séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dzing¹ jat⁹ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ jing¹ yed⁶ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚² sœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

蒸蒸日上

1. to become more prosperous by the day; to make progress

   • 資產階級分子和從舊社會來的知識分子的絕大多數都是愛國的，他們願意為蒸蒸日上的社會主義祖國服務。 [MSC, trad.]
     资产阶级分子和从旧社会来的知识分子的绝大多数都是爱国的，他们愿意为蒸蒸日上的社会主义祖国服务。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zīchǎn jiējí fènzǐ hé cóng jiùshèhuì lái de zhīshi fènzǐ de juédàduōshù dōu shì àiguó de, tāmen yuànyì wèi zhēngzhēngrìshàng de shèhuì zhǔyì zǔguó fúwù. [Pinyin]

     The vast majority of the bourgeoisie and the intellectuals who come from the old society are patriotic and are willing to serve their flourishing socialist motherland.