今非昔比
jīnfēi-xībǐ
things are not what they used to be; to have changed greatly
Every meaning
jīnfēi-xībǐ
- things are not what they used to be; to have changed greatly
Its characters
- 今jīnnow; present (as in 今天)
- 非fēinot; non- (as in 非法)
- 昔xīformer times; the past
- 比bǐthan; compared with
Words with 今
Words with 非
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.