古今
gǔ jīn
Pinyin

Definition

古今
 - 
gǔ jīn
  1. then and now
  2. ancient and modern

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
今
jīn
  1. 1 now
  2. 2 the present time
  3. 3 current
  4. 4 contemporary
  5. 5 this (day, year etc)

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 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
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can

Sample Sentences

我在美国还看过道德经的英译本呢！即使物质丰富，消费主义充斥，但对内心宁静的渴望却是中西一致、古今皆然啊。
wǒ zài Měiguó hái kàn guò dàodéjīng de yīngyìběn ne ！jíshǐ wùzhì fēngfù ，xiāofèi zhǔyì chōngchì ，dàn duì nèixīn níngjìng de kěwàng què shì zhōng xī yízhì 、gǔjīnjiērán ā 。
I've even seen an English translation of the Daodejing in the United States! Even if it is rife with materialism and consumerism, in both the East and the West people thirst for inner peace in the same way, the same now as they did in ancient times.
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