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今
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Definitions
- 1. now
- 2. the present time
- 3. current
- 4. contemporary
- 5. this (day, year etc)
Example Sentences
1 shown今 兒週一。
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Words Containing 今
before the present
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
this life
to observe the present to study the past
nowadays
this morning
today
now
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)
modern people
from ancient times up to now
so far
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
this life
at all times and in all places (idiom)
past and present
(coll.) to get one's just deserts
(dialect) today
Imamura (Japanese name)
then and now
now
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Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
to leave an example for all generations
this morning
this year
this
current
as matters stand
so far
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
conversant with things past and present
(literary) this year
to live in the moment (idiom)
so far
up to now
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
this day and age (dialect)
today
see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]
(idiom) up to the present
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
same as 近體詩|近体诗[jìn tǐ shī]
things are not as good as they used to be
tonight
to borrow the past as a model for the present
tonight
nowadays
modern language version
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[liù jīng]
hereafter
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
things are very different now (idiom)
under the circumstances
since ancient times