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HSK
this year
HSK 1
today / the present time; now
HSK 1
hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
HSK 2
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
nowadays; now
HSK 4
today
HSK 5
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
HSK 7-9
so far / to date / until now
HSK 7-9
so far / up to now / still (not)
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
Imai (Japanese surname)
then and now / ancient and modern
this morning
Imamura (Japanese name)
before the present / (a long period) ago
this life / this age
now / nowadays / modern
tonight
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
this life
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
tonight / this evening
(coll.) today
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
as matters stand / things having reached this stage
since ancient times / since times immemorial
(coll.) today
now / at the present (time)
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
(dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age
things are not as good as they used to be
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales published in 1620
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
past and present / yesterday and today
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
nowadays / at present / as things stand
to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
this; the present (meeting etc) / this time; this once
up to now / to this day
to leave an example for all generations
conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经
Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
this morning
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) / to regret vainly one's past behavior
(coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day
under the circumstances / the matter having come to that point
from ancient times up to now / throughout history
modern people
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
this day and age (dialect)
(literary) this year
to borrow the past as a model for the present
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
"Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
to observe the present to study the past
studying the old to promote the new (idiom)
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything


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