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時至今日

简时至今日 · 繁時至今日

Mandarin · pinyin shí zhì jīn rì

(idiom) up to the present
even now
now (in contrast with the past)
at this late hour

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時: shí · time, season; era, age, period
至: zhì · reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
今: jīn · now, today, modern era
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
时: shí · time, season; era, age, period

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2–4–1–4 · shi2 zhi4 jin1 ri4

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si4 zi3 gam1 jat6

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(idiomatic) to this day; even today

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