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Change log entry 69317
Processed by: richwarm (2020-03-03 00:53:59 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 65369 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
1) Doesn't really mean "today" (that's 今儿)
LA's def is
1. 現代(與「古」相對)​。例 「貴古賤今」、「古往今來」。
2. 現在的。例 「今天」、「今朝」、「今年」。
Neither of those glosses means "today".

2) Doesn't mean "this".
I mean, you can't use it interchangeably with 这. It has to be followed by a time word.
今晨 this morning
今春 this spring
今次 this time
今冬 this winter
今番 this time
今年 this year
今生 this life
今天 today
今晚 this evening; tonight
今早 this morning
Diff:
- 今 今 [jin1] /today/modern/present/current/this/now/
+ 今 今 [jin1] /now/the present time/current/contemporary/this (day, year etc)/
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