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有朝一日

yǒuzhāoyírì

one day; someday

A person on a hill gazes at a distant city under a rising sun
Memory picture

Characters in this word

有 yǒu

Strokes
6
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
𠂇 hand 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

朝 cháo

Strokes
12
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
龺 sunlight 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

一 yī

Strokes
1
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

日 rì

Strokes
4
Radical
日 — sun
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 他梦想着有朝一日能够环游世界。 Tā mèngxiǎngzhe yǒuzhāo yīrì nénggòu huányóu shìjiè. He dreams that one day he will be able to travel around the world.
  • 有朝一日我们还会再见的,你别太难过。 Yǒuzhāo yīrì wǒmen hái huì zàijiàn de, nǐ bié tài nánguò. Someday we will meet again, so don't be too sad.
  • 她希望有朝一日能回到家乡开一家小店。 Tā xīwàng yǒuzhāo yīrì néng huídào jiāxiāng kāi yījiā xiǎo diàn. She hopes that one day she can return to her hometown and open a small shop.

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