今不如昔

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	past; former
trad. (今不如昔)		今	不如	昔
simp. #(今不如昔)		今	不如	昔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnbùrúxī, jīnbùrúxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnbùrúxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinbùrúsi
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-pu⁴-ju²-hsi¹
    • Yale: jīn-bù-rú-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinburushi
    • Palladius: цзиньбужуси (czinʹbužusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnbùrúxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinbùrúsí
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-pu⁴-ju²-hsi²
    • Yale: jīn-bù-rú-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinburushyi
    • Palladius: цзиньбужуси (czinʹbužusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ɕi³⁵/

Idiom

今不如昔

1. the present is worse than the past