今不如昔
jīn​bù​rú​xī

the present is not as good as the past

  • created sense approved 今不如昔 · jīn​bù​rú​xī · the present is not as good as the past — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    今不如昔

    jīn​bù​rú​xī

    the present is not as good as the past

    things are not as good as they used to be

    今 (literal) → 今 · jīn · the present 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as 昔 (literal) → 昔 · xī · the past

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense