Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 今

now
the present time
current
contemporary
this (day, year etc)

this year

this morning

so far
to this day
until now

tonight

this life
this age

nowadays
at present
as things stand

(coll.) today

this; the present (meeting etc)
this time; this once

past and present
yesterday and today

(literary) this year

Imamura (Japanese name)

Imai (Japanese surname)

tonight
this evening

so far
to date
until now

up to now
to this day

modern language version
modern translation
contemporary translation

now
at the present (time)

then and now
ancient and modern

now
nowadays
modern

(dialect) today
(literary) the present; this age

this morning

modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character

today

this life

today
the present time; now

hereafter
henceforth
in the future
from now on

before the present
(a long period) ago

nowadays; now

modern people

the present time
(old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty

Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

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same as 近體詩／近体诗 (jìntǐshī)

(coll.) today

Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經／六经 ( Liùjīng)

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cóngjīnyǐhòu

from now on
henceforward

to leave an example for all generations

gǔwǎngjīnlái

since ancient times
since times immemorial

to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

tángǔlùnjīn

to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
to chat freely
to discuss everything

guìgǔjiànjīn

to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

to borrow the past as a model for the present

bógǔtōngjīn

conversant with things past and present
erudite and informed

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shìdàojīnrì

under the circumstances
the matter having come to that point

jiāngjīnlùngǔ

to observe the present to study the past

qìjīnwéizhǐ

so far
up to now
still (not)

shìdàorújīn

as matters stand
things having reached this stage

shízhìjīnrì

(idiom) up to the present
even now
now (in contrast with the past)
at this late hour

gǔjīnzhōngwài

at all times and in all places (idiom)

gèngǔtōngjīn

from ancient times up to now
throughout history

(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed

jīnwénjīngxué

Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

jiègǔfěngjīn

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)

yěyǒujīntiān

(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

jīnshíjīnrì

this day and age (dialect)

jīgǔzhènjīn

studying the old to promote the new (idiom)

zhèngǔshuòjīn

lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)
fig. to be earthshaking

Gǔjīn Xiǎoshuō

Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍／冯梦龙 ( Féng Mènglóng), collection of late Ming baihua 白話／白话 (báihuà) tales published in 1620

things are not as good as they used to be

jīnrìshìjīnrìbì

今日事今日毕

[今日事今日畢]

never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

Gǔjīn Yùnhuì Jǔyào

古今韵会举要

[古今韻會舉要]

"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

jīnzhāoyǒujiǔjīnzhāozuì

今朝有酒今朝醉

[今朝有酒今朝醉]

to live in the moment (idiom)
to live every day as if it were one's last
to enjoy while one can

jìyǒujīnrìhébìdāngchū

既有今日何必当初

[既有今日何必當初]

see 早知今日何必當初／早知今日何必当初 (zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū)

zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū

早知今日何必当初

[早知今日何必當初]

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