


日削月朘 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to diminish or dwindle progressively”. Often referring to resources, wealth, or strength being continuously depleted or exploited. Literally, “daily cut, monthly shrink”.

Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →
Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
Open the tool →
Turn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
Open the tool →
Create PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
Open the tool →日削月朘 (rì xuē yuè juān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to diminish or dwindle progressively”.
日削月朘 is pronounced rì xuē yuè juān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 日削月朘 means “daily cut, monthly shrink”. It is used to mean “to diminish or dwindle progressively”.
朘:缩小,减少。日日削减,月月缩小。形容逐渐缩小。也指时时受到搜刮。