日趋 rìqū day by day
(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually
How to remember 日趋: 日 sun + 趋 to hurry = day by day.
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- Increasingly / day by day (trending in a direction) - 关系日趋紧张 (guānxì rìqū jǐnzhāng) relations grow tenser by the day, 日趋成熟 (rìqū chéngshú) steadily maturing.
- Adverb before an adjective/verb, marking a gradual ongoing trend. Formal, written. Similar to 日益 (rìyì).