如日中天

Chinese
as (if); such as
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
midair; midheaven; zenith; culmination
simp. and trad.
(如日中天)		 如 日 中天
Literally: “like the sun at high noon”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ / jû-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ
      • Tâi-lô: jî-ji̍t-tiong-thinn / jû-ji̍t-tiong-thinn
      • Phofsit Daibuun: jijiddiongtvy, jujiddiongtvy
      • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑit̚²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³ tʰĩ³³/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑit̚²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³ tʰĩ³³/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /d͡zu¹³⁻²² d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑi²⁴⁻¹¹ d͡ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻¹¹ d͡ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi²³⁻³³ ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /zu²³⁻³³ ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Idiom

如日中天

  1. at the height of prosperity or power; at its zenith
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