一日之計在於晨 yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
日 rì
HSK 2
sun; day; daytime
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
計 jì plan, plot; stratagem; scheme
在 zài
HSK 1
be at, in, on; consist in, rest
於 yú in, at, on; interjection alas!
晨 chén
HSK 6
early morning, daybreak