as soon as the sun reaches the meridian it declines

as soon as the sun reaches the meridian it declines

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ì zh ō ngji ā ngz è, which means to describe the prosperity and decline of things. From New Historiography: the relationship between history and race.

The origin of Idioms

Liang Qichao's New Historiography: the relationship between history and race: "the fifth paragraph in the history of world civilization is the age when the Romans and Teutons of the Aryan race fought for a long time. The Romans, however, reached their heyday in the form of the sun at its zenith, while the Teutons, with a new atmosphere, had a view of the spring of fire. "

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.