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today / the present time; now
HSK 1
this year
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
the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
HSK 7-9
so far / up to now / still (not)
HSK 7-9
so far / to date / until now
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
this morning
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now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
tonight
now / at the present (time)
this life
then and now / ancient and modern
before the present / (a long period) ago
tonight / this evening
this life / this age
since ancient times / since times immemorial
(dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age
now / nowadays / modern
this morning
past and present / yesterday and today
Imai (Japanese surname)
modern people
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
(coll.) today
nowadays / at present / as things stand
(coll.) today
conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
things are not as good as they used to be
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
up to now / to this day
Imamura (Japanese name)
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
nowadays; now
this; the present (meeting etc) / this time; this once
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
this day and age (dialect)
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
to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
as matters stand; things having reached this stage
(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
to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can
(literary) this year
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
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 revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
under the circumstances / the matter having come to that point
from ancient times up to now / throughout history
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
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
to borrow the past as a model for the present
"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 leave an example for all generations


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