日见 (rì jiàn) — with each passing day; day by day; increasingly

Definition

adverb
with each passing dayday by dayincreasingly
Easily confused

Examples

  • 日见。
    Tā de bìng qíng rì jiàn hǎo zhuǎn.
    His condition is improving with each passing day.
  • 日见。
    Gōng sī de yè jì rì jiàn zēng zhǎng.
    The company's performance is increasing day by day.
  • 日见。
    Liǎng guó guān xì rì jiàn mì qiè.
    The relations between the two countries are becoming closer with each passing day.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

日rìday
见jiàngradually

日 gives the idea of each day, and 见 gives the idea of gradual change, yielding with each passing day.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 見; 见 is its simplified writing.

  • 目目mùeye
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The traditional form 見 pairs 目 (eye) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a kneeling figure with a large eye for a head. The simplified 见 is a later shorthand.

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