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有朝一日

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɻ̩⁵¹/
one day; someday; one of these days
  • HSK 10
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The phrase combines the elements of morning, one, and sun to signify a specific day arriving in the future.
The phrase combines the elements of morning, one, and sun to signify a specific day arriving in the future.

Origin

The phrase 有朝一日 is composed of four characters. The character 有 means to have or to possess when a subject is present. It contains the semantic components 肉 (meat; flesh) and 月 (moon), while 又 (again; once more) serves as a phonetic component.

Completing the phrase are the characters 朝, meaning morning, 一, meaning one, and 日, meaning sun. Together, these elements form a phrase that denotes a day in the future.

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

「有朝一日」是由四個漢字組合而成。其中「有」字表示「擁有」或「具有（當主體存在時）」，其字形包含表示「肉」或「肉身」的意符「肉」，以及表示「月」的意符「月」，並結合了作為音符的「又」。

其餘組成字包括表示「早晨」的「朝」，以及表示數量「一」與「太陽」的「日」。根據《國語辭典》，這個詞組用來指稱將來會發生的某一天。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
    • soundChinese又 “again; once more”
    • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
    • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
  • characterChinese朝 “morning”
  • characterChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese日 “Sun”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. one day; someday; one of these days

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 將來有一天。 例：有朝一日成功時，千萬別忘記曾經給予幫助的人。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0