<p>日<strong>新月</strong>异， changing day by day and month by month, connoting able to make progress everyday. </p>

<p>Some websites references 允 to promise, in this context it could mean 要求 （require or restrict）. </p>

<p>公 means 公德 == 公共道德, 允公: (the students should have)public morality.</p>

<p>能 means 能力，允能:(the students should have)ability or capability.</p>

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@RebeccaJ.Stones: you also have an issue with 薪. it should be 新.
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Okay, I now fixed: 日 vs. 月 and 薪 vs. 新 in the question (I hope these bugs are gone now).  I should watch out for that in the future.
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<p>First of all, the welcoming sentence is 允公允能 <strong>日新月異</strong>instead of 日薪日異.
This sentence is their school motto.</p>

<p>允公 means that one should make himself/ herself capable of (允) thinking about the whole welfare of people (公,) and to avoid being selfish.
允能 means that one should apply (允) what he/she learns to what he/she do (能.) 能 usually means capability.</p>

<p>日新月異 is a Chinese proverb meaning that to learn something more everyday and to keep up with the times. </p>

<p>In general, the motto is to encourage their students to keep learning, and use what they have learnt to help the society become a better place.</p>

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<p>The <a href="http://law.nankai.edu.cn/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">School of Law</a> at Nankai Uni are welcoming new students with this banner:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/i96vt.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/i96vt.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>允公允能 日新月异 法学院欢迎各位新同学<br>
  yǔngōngyǔnnéng rìxīnyuèyì fǎxuéyuàn huānyíng gèwèi xīn tóngxué</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I think I understand the last part: 法学院欢迎各位新同学 = School of Law welcomes <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/26411/what-distinguishes-%e5%90%84%e4%bd%8d-g%c3%a8w%c3%a8i-from-%e5%a4%a7%e5%ae%b6-d%c3%a0ji%c4%81">all</a> new students.  But for the first part (允公允能 日新月异), I don't have much of an idea.</p>

<p>This is what I've found out:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%85%81" rel="nofollow noreferrer">允</a> (yǔn) = just (in the sense of justice), to permit</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%85%AC" rel="nofollow noreferrer">公</a> (gōng) = public</li>
<li>允公 (yǔngōng) = ???</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E8%83%BD" rel="nofollow noreferrer">能</a> (néng) = capable of</li>
<li>允能 (yǔnnéng) = ???</li>
</ul>

<p>and</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%97%A5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">日</a> (rì) = day; sun</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%96%B0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">新</a> (xīn) = new</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">日新</a> (rìxīn) = renew</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%9C%88" rel="nofollow noreferrer">月</a> (yuè) = month</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%BC%82" rel="nofollow noreferrer">异</a> (yì) = unusual</li>
<li>月异 (yuèyì) = ???</li>
</ul>

<p>(<em>Note</em>: the hanzi 异 looks different on the computer vs. on the banner, but this seems to be the same hanzi, see: <a href="http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/sinograms.html?q=%E5%BC%82" rel="nofollow noreferrer">异 at Chinese-Tools.com</a>)</p>

<p>This appears to be a poetic-style welcoming, which would explain why I can't just look it up piece by piece.</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: Why are the new law students being welcomed with 允公允能 日新日异 (yǔngōngyǔnnéng rìxīnyuèyì)?</p>

<p>Google Translate gives:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>允公允能 = Allow fairness<br>
  日新月异 = With each passing day</p>
</blockquote>

<p>which doesn't mean much to me.</p>

<translation>
Why are the new law students being welcomed with 允公允能 日新月异 (yǔngōngyǔnnéng rìxīnyuèyì)?
# Why are the new law students being welcomed with 允公允能 日新月异 (yǔngōngyǔnnéng rìxīnyuèyì)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-12)

The [School of Law](http://law.nankai.edu.cn/) at Nankai Uni are welcoming new students with this banner:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/i96vt.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/i96vt.jpg)

> 允公允能 日新月异 法学院欢迎各位新同学  
> yǔngōngyǔnnéng rìxīnyuèyì fǎxuéyuàn huānyíng gèwèi xīn tóngxué

I think I understand the last part: 法学院欢迎各位新同学 = School of Law welcomes [all](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/26411/what-distinguishes-%e5%90%84%e4%bd%8d-g%c3%a8w%c3%a8i-from-%e5%a4%a7%e5%ae%b6-d%c3%a0ji%c4%81) new students. But for the first part (允公允能 日新月异), I don't have much of an idea.

This is what I've found out:

* [允](http://dict.cn/%E5%85%81) (yǔn) = just (in the sense of justice), to permit
* [公](http://dict.cn/%E5%85%AC) (gōng) = public
* 允公 (yǔngōng) = ???
* [能](http://dict.cn/%E8%83%BD) (néng) = capable of
* 允能 (yǔnnéng) = ???

and

* [日](http://dict.cn/%E6%97%A5) (rì) = day; sun
* [新](http://dict.cn/%E6%96%B0) (xīn) = new
* [日新](http://dict.cn/%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0) (rìxīn) = renew
* [月](http://dict.cn/%E6%9C%88) (yuè) = month
* [异](http://dict.cn/%E5%BC%82) (yì) = unusual
* 月异 (yuèyì) = ???

(*Note*: the hanzi 异 looks different on the computer vs. on the banner, but this seems to be the same hanzi, see: [异 at Chinese-Tools.com](http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/sinograms.html?q=%E5%BC%82))

This appears to be a poetic-style welcoming, which would explain why I can't just look it up piece by piece.

**Question**: Why are the new law students being welcomed with 允公允能 日新日异 (yǔngōngyǔnnéng rìxīnyuèyì)?

Google Translate gives:

> 允公允能 = Allow fairness  
> 日新月异 = With each passing day

which doesn't mean much to me.

**Tags:** translation


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-09-12. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

First of all, the welcoming sentence is 允公允能 **日新月異**instead of 日薪日異.
This sentence is their school motto.

允公 means that one should make himself/ herself capable of (允) thinking about the whole welfare of people (公,) and to avoid being selfish.
允能 means that one should apply (允) what he/she learns to what he/she do (能.) 能 usually means capability.

日新月異 is a Chinese proverb meaning that to learn something more everyday and to keep up with the times.

In general, the motto is to encourage their students to keep learning, and use what they have learnt to help the society become a better place.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-12. Score: 2

日**新月**异， changing day by day and month by month, connoting able to make progress everyday.

Some websites references 允 to promise, in this context it could mean 要求 （require or restrict）.

公 means 公德 == 公共道德, 允公: (the students should have)public morality.

能 means 能力，允能:(the students should have)ability or capability.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @RebeccaJ.Stones: you also have an issue with 薪. it should be 新.  
> **username_0**: Okay, I now fixed: 日 vs. 月 and 薪 vs. 新 in the question (I hope these bugs are gone now).  I should watch out for that in the future.  

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