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now; at present; currently

现在
xiàn zài
x+iàn·4th tonez+ài·4th tone
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith live apart from each other now.
史密斯夫妇现在分居了。
Let's take a break now.
现在休息一下。
Kids these days think that any issue in life can be resolved as easily as restarting a computer game.
现在的孩子认为解决任何生活问题都像重新开始一个电脑游戏那么简单。
This style of hat is now in fashion.
这种款式的帽子现在很流行。
People are more educated now than they used to be.
现在的人教育程度比以前高得多。
Synonyms
Synonyms
current现时xiàn shínowadays; now如今rú jīnthe present time · (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty当今dāng jīnnow · nowadays · modern现今xiàn jīnnow · at the present (time)而今ér jīn(dialect) today · (literary) the present; this age今朝jīn zhāo
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