estimate exactly how much time is needed to complete a project
Work progress or effect can be calculated by day. It describes fast progress, sure completion on time, and success is just around the corner. From the book of Rites: Confucianism
The origin of Idioms
In the book of rites, Confucianism says, "Cheng Gong accumulates things, only the virtuous can achieve it."
Analysis of Idioms
It's just around the corner; it's just a long way off
Idiom usage
Although the country under the rule of law does not need to advance suddenly, it needs to advance an inch. Liang Qichao's on the history of the development of Chinese jurisprudence in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : jì rì chéng gōng
estimate exactly how much time is needed to complete a project
Change one's name into another. dùn míng gǎi zuò
warn others against following a bad example. yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
by cutting out the superfluous. shān fán jiù jiǎn