蒸蒸日上 (zhēng zhēng rì shàng) — growing more prosperous and thriving every day; steady improvement and progress

Definition

A chengyu meaning business, career, or a country's situation is growing more prosperous and successful every day. Always describes an upward trend — used for work, studies, or national development, not for casual growth.

idiom
growing more prosperous and thriving every daysteady improvement and progress

Examples

  • 蒸蒸日上,。
    Gōng sī de yè wù zhēng zhēng rì shàng, jīn nián lì rùn bǐ qù nián fān le yì fān.
    The company's business is thriving every day; this year's profit has doubled compared to last year.
  • 蒸蒸日上,。
    Zhù guì guó jīng jì zhēng zhēng rì shàng, rén mín xìng fú ān kāng.
    May your country's economy flourish day by day, and your people live in happiness and peace.
  • 蒸蒸日上,。
    Tā de shì yè zhēng zhēng rì shàng, yǐ jīng zài quán guó kāi le èr shí duō jiā fēn diàn.
    His career is on a steady rise; he has already opened over twenty branches across the country.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
烝
烝zhēng蒸zhēng
Same sound today

蒸 pairs 艸 (grass) with 烝, which gives the sound.

Open 蒸 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
烝
烝zhēng蒸zhēng
Same sound today

蒸 pairs 艸 (grass) with 烝, which gives the sound.

Open 蒸 →

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.

Open 日 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Open 上 →

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