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today / the present time; now
HSK 1
nowadays; now
HSK 4
today
HSK 5
hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
HSK 2
this year
HSK 1
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
HSK 7-9
tonight
since ancient times / since times immemorial
tonight / this evening
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
this morning
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
past and present / yesterday and today
so far / up to now / still (not)
HSK 7-9
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can
modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) today
as matters stand; things having reached this stage
nowadays / at present / as things stand
this day and age (dialect)
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
then and now / ancient and modern
Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
this life / this age
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
so far / to date / until now
HSK 7-9
(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
from ancient times up to now / throughout history
another name for 古今小說|古今小说, Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙
before the present / (a long period) ago
(coll.) today
(dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age
Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
this; the present (meeting etc) / this time; this once
modern people
this morning
conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
now / at the present (time)
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
to observe the present to study the past
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
under the circumstances / the matter having come to that point
Imamura (Japanese name)
this life
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  *暨* | 暨* | *暨
(literary) and; as well as / (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今 "up to now")
things are not as good as they used to be
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
studying the old to promote the new (idiom)
now / nowadays / modern
(literary) this year
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
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
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
"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
nowadays; now
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
Liu Guijin (1945–), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001–2007
Imai (Japanese surname)
to leave an example for all generations
up to now / to this day


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