有朝一日

yǒuzhāo-yīrì

idiom HSK 7-9 #14,851

Meanings

Literally 'there exists a morning, one day' — someday in the future

我相信有朝一日他会成功。

Wǒ xiāngxìn yǒuzhāoyīrì tā huì chénggōng.

I believe someday he will succeed.

有朝一日，我要环游世界。

Yǒuzhāoyīrì, wǒ yào huányóu shìjiè.

Someday, I want to travel around the world.

usage

有朝一日 carries a sense of hope or anticipation. It is more literary than 总有一天 (zǒngyǒuyītiān), which is more colloquial.

memory

Think of it as 'there will be a morning (朝) and a day (日)' — the day will come eventually.

有 yǒu

朝 cháo

一 yī

日 rì