一日之计在于晨 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 one; a, an; alone
日 rì sun; day; daytime
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
计 jì plan, plot; stratagem; scheme
在 zài be at, in, on; consist in, rest
于 yú in, on, at; go to; surname
晨 chén early morning, daybreak