jīn
today
modern
present
current
this
now
zhì jīn
so far
to this day
until now
jīn hòu
hereafter
henceforth
in the future
from now on
jīn xī
past and present
yesterday and today
dāng jīn
current
present
now
nowadays
ér jīn
now
at the present (time)
gǔ wǎng jīn lái
since ancient times
since times immemorial
gǔ jīn
then and now
ancient and modern
qì jīn wéi zhǐ
so far
up to now
still (not)
Dà cháng jīn
Dae Chang Kum, a Korean Drama (GM)
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
at all times and in all places (idiom)
shí zhì jīn rì
(idiom) up to the present
even now
now (in contrast with the past)
at this late hour
jù jīn
before the present
(a long period) ago
jīn fēi xī bǐ
things are very different now (idiom)
times have changed
jīn xī duì bǐ
to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
mù jīn
nowadays
at present
as things stand
jīn shí jīn rì
this day and age (dialect)
bó gǔ tōng jīn
conversant with things past and present
erudite and informed
jīn yì
modern language version
modern translation
contemporary translation
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
glorious and world-shattering
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
jīn yīn
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
zǎo zhī jīn rì hè bì dāng chū
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 behaviour
jiè gǔ yù jīn
to borrow the past as a model for the present
Gǔ jīn xiǎo shuō
Tales old and new by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales
jīn wén jīng xué
former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
jīn gǔ wén
former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经
Liú Guì jīn
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
jīn wén jīng
former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
rú gǔ hán jīn
to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
jiāng jīn lùn gǔ
to observe the present to study the past
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