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Here’s the idiom 「今非昔比」, with its definition and practical application described below.

The present is not comparable to the past. It usually refers to the tremendous changes in the situation, natural landscape, etc.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn fēi xī bǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 fei1 sik1 bei2

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