- things are not as good as they used to be
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- things are not as good as they used to be
This phrase is used to express a sense of nostalgia or disappointment, indicating that the present situation is worse than in the past.
Life now is not as good as before.
Over the years, his condition is truly not as good as it used to be.
Generated collocations (experimental)
jīn bù rú xī今不如昔things are not as good as they used to bexī rì昔日fēng guāng风光bù zài不再the glory of the past is no longerjīn bù rú xī今不如昔de的shí guāng时光the times that are not as good as beforexī rì昔日de的huī huáng辉煌the splendor of the pastxī rì昔日de的fán huá繁华the prosperity of the pastjīn bù rú xī今不如昔de的gǎn jué感觉the feeling that things are not as good as they used to bebù rú不如xī rì昔日not as good as in the pastchóng wēn jiù mèng重温旧梦revisiting old dreamshuái jiù怀旧qíng jié情结nostalgiaxī rì昔日péng you朋友friends from the pastduì bǐ对比jīn xī今昔comparing the past and presentShí dài时代biàn qiān变迁changes of the era