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Here, we present the idiom 「時異勢殊」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It means that the times, situations, etc. have changed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shí yì shì shū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si4 yi6 sai3 syu4

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