江河日下

Chinese

		the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers; rivers	to go down by the 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): jiānghérìxià

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānghérìxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangherryhshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ ho⁴ jat⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: gōng hòh yaht hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ ho⁴ jat⁹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ ho⁴ yed⁶ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹ jɐt̚² hɑː²²/

Idiom

江河日下

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

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