一日之计在于晨

Traditional form:

一日之計在於晨

Pinyin (reading):

yīrìzhījìzàiyúchén

Definitions:

• make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
• early morning is the golden time of the day

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 计 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 晨 - dawn, early morning

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 計 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 於 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 晨 - dawn, early morning