Yiju: Daily Chinese Sayings
Daily proverbs, pinyin & audio
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Why Xiang Yu sank his own boats. What Lin Zexu wrote on his way to exile. One line from Chinese history a day, and the story of where it came from. Today's is free.
One Chinese saying a day, or as many as you want. Read it, hear it, and learn the story behind it.
Yiju opens on the day's saying, set the way it deserves: the characters large, the pinyin beneath them, the English translation, and the person who said it. Two minutes on a poster worth looking at - and when two minutes isn't enough, keep scrolling.
NOT A FLASHCARD. A PAGE.
Tap the pinyin and hear the Chinese read aloud. All 1,150 sayings are recorded in Mandarin, not synthesised on the fly.
THEN THE STORY BEHIND IT
Swipe once and the saying opens into the passage it came from, in the original and in translation, with a note on what it actually meant and how it gets used.
CHARACTER BY CHARACTER
A breakdown gives every character its own reading and gloss, so a line you liked becomes a line you can partly read.
SIMPLIFIED OR TRADITIONAL
One switch, everywhere: the poster, the story, the widget, the notification. Pinyin and audio are the same in both.
1,150 SAYINGS, EVERY ONE CITED
From Confucius, Laozi and Sun Tzu to Li Bai, Lu Xun and Bruce Lee, with three hundred chengyu and the everyday proverbs people actually say. Each is drawn from a verifiable, out-of-copyright text and cited to the work and the chapter it came from.
BROWSE BY WHAT YOU NEED
By topic, twenty-six of them from patience to strategy, or by who said it: the schools of thought, the poets, the statesmen, the generals, the proverbs.
MAKE IT YOURS
Fifty themes, each a photograph, a painting or a pattern with its own ink, its own Chinese face and its own Latin face. Twelve app icons: chalk, seal script, jade, gold. Widgets for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.
SHARE IT AS A CARD
Any saying becomes a card in your theme, ready for Instagram Stories, Messages or anywhere else, framed for where it is going. And reminders, from once a day to ten, inside the hours you choose, on the days you choose — free on every tier, because a habit shouldn't be the paid part.
NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING
No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no ads. Yiju counts anonymously what gets used - a saying read, a story opened - so we know what to make next, and none of it is linked to you. Your favourites, your history and your settings are written to your iPhone and stay there.
FREE, AND THERE'S A PRO
Today's saying, its audio, its breakdown and your reminders are free forever, along with a set of themes and icons. Yiju Pro opens the full archive, the story behind every saying, all fifty themes and all twelve icons, and the new sayings and themes added over time.
Lifetime is $19.99 once and never renews. Yearly is $14.99 a year, billed through your Apple Account and renewing until cancelled; manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Prices are in US dollars; Apple sets the equivalent in your region.
Yiju was called Chinamax until October 2026. Same app, same sayings; your favourites, history and purchases carry over.
Privacy policy: https://getyiju.app/privacy
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150 new sayings, each with its story and a Mandarin recording: Huineng and the Diamond Sutra, Han Feizi and Mozi, Sima Qian, Tang Taizong and Kangxi, Sun Tzu and Cao Cao, Wang Bo, Li Qingzhao and Lu Xun, and more chengyu and proverbs. That makes 1,150. The new ones come with Yiju Pro.
Yiju now counts anonymously what gets used - a saying read, a story opened - so we know what to make next. No account, nothing linked to you, no tracking.
The developer, Derick Tsang, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- Derick Tsang
- Size
- 77.5 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Yiju Pro - Yearly $14.99
- Yiju Pro - Lifetime $19.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Derick Tsang