今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
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1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
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1 to live in the moment (idiom)
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2 to live every day as if it were one's last
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3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
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1 things are very different now (idiom)
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2 times have changed
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
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1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
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1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
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1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
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1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
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2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
时至今日
shí zhì jīn rì
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1 (idiom) up to the present
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2 even now
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3 now (in contrast with the past)
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4 at this late hour
稽古振今
jī gǔ zhèn jīn
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1 studying the old to promote the new (idiom)
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
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1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
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2 sth hard to come by
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3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
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1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
谈古论今
tán gǔ lùn jīn
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1 to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
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2 to chat freely
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3 to discuss everything
贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
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1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
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1 shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
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2 glorious and world-shattering
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
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1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)