as soon as the sun reaches the meridian it declines(rì zhōng zé yí)

as soon as the sun reaches the meridian it declines

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ì zh ō ngz é y í, which means that when things develop to a certain extent, they will change in the opposite direction. It's the same as "when the sun is in the middle, it's the same.". It comes from Qin CE San.

The origin of Idioms

Qin CE San, the Warring States policy, said: "the sun moves at the middle of the day, and the moon is full, and the moon is in deficit." The prosperity of things leads to decline, and the constant of heaven; the advance and retreat, the surplus and contraction, and the change are the common ways of sages. "

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonyms: the sun is at its center, the sun will be at its center, and the sun will move

Idiom usage

When a minister hears of a precipitous height, he decays; when the leaves are luxuriant, he destroys; when the sun is in the middle, he moves; when the moon is full, he loses. The four seasons are not prosperous, and the five elements are not relaxed. Yin and Yang advocate more, Qi has ups and downs. Zhao Ye, Han Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : rì zhōng zé yí