一日之计在于晨

yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén

make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)

early morning is the golden time of the day

一

yī

one

日

rì

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

计

jì

to calculate

在

zài

to exist; to be alive

于

yú

(of time or place) in; at; on

晨

chén

morning