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)