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Change log entry 60738
Processed by: ycandau (2016-03-10 12:05:06 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 57787 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
The last two glosses suggest that it's about a change for the worse.
But it can be a change for the better.
LA example ~ 「昔日的配角,如今成了大明星,他的名氣早已今非昔比」
NC example ~ That poor mountain village is no longer what it used to be. Every household has a TV set now.
Diff:
- 今非昔比 今非昔比 [jin1 fei1 xi1 bi3] /You can't compare the present with the past./Nothing is as good as in former times./Things ain't what they used to be./
+ 今非昔比 今非昔比 [jin1 fei1 xi1 bi3] /things are very different now (idiom)/times have changed/
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