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一日之計在於晨
  jat1 jat6 zi1 gai3 zoi6 jyu1 san4   jyutping
  yi1 ri4 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chen2   pinyin
Planning for the whole day will be done in the morning:
One should give an early start and plan for the day at the beginning of the day.

The first half of this idiom is 一年之計在於春: One should plan for the year at Spring time.
Idiom

Level: 2
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
一日之計在於晨 / 一日之计在于晨

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Characters in this word:

 jat1  -  one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 jat6  -  sun; day
 zi1  -  's; of; it; this; go to; to
 gai3  -  count; compute; plan; scheme; idea; meter
 zoi6  -  at; in; on
 jyu1  -  in; at; on; with; from; by; than; concerning
 san4  -  daybreak; early morning
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