rì jiàn
to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day
more (or better etc) with each passing day
jiàn jìn
progress step by step
gradual progress
to move forward (slowly)
xún xù jiàn jìn
in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
zhú jiàn zēng jiā
to increase gradually
to build up
jiàn xíng jiàn yuǎn
gradually proceed, gradually get further apart
jiàn ruò
to fade out
gradually weakening
diminuendo
decrescendo
Jiàn xīn shì
Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)
jiàn xīn tǒng
Oligocene system (geology)
jiàn kuài
to speed up gradually
faster and faster
(music) accelerando
jiàn màn
to slow down gradually
slower and slower
(music) decelerando
ritardando
jiàn xī
to thin out gradually
to become fainter and fainter
jiàn qū
to become more and more
to gradually become
fáng wēi dù jiàn
to nip in the bud (idiom)