Day by day

Day by day

The Chinese idiom, J ì R ì zh ǐ Q ī, means counting the number of days to estimate the journey and arrival time. It's from the record of making up Annam's different records by Cui Zhiyuan of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As a predicate or adverbial; of an estimated date

The origin of Idioms

Cui Zhiyuan of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his book the records of Annam: once there was no tinghou, don't judge Tu Cheng, those who walked on the road pointed to the time, those who went up and down took up the wind and believed

Idiom explanation

Counting the number of days to estimate the journey and arrival time.