此一时 彼一时。
Time has changed.
A：小王最近买房买车了。
B：是啊，真是此一时彼一时，前些年他穷得连饭都吃不上。
A: Xiao Wang has purchased a house and a car.
B: Yeah, time has changed, he was so poor in the past that even couldn't afford his daily food.
The word “cǐ(此)” means “this”, while the word“ bǐ(彼)” refers to “that”. The expression of “Cǐ yì shí bǐ yì shí(此一时彼一时)” can thus be translated as “this is a time different from that”, that is to say, time has changed, which causes a situation’s changing. Such an expression is often used to indicate the changes of some people, or the conditions and environments now are no longer same as the past.
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