今非昔比
gam1 fei1 sik1 bei2jīn fēi xī bǐ
English
- (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
- something is not what it used to be compared to before; things have changed over time
粵語 — Cantonese
- 而家嘅情況比起過去差咗,今時唔同往日
Examples
自從海嘯,呢個城市今非昔比。
The city can't recover to what it is like before after the tsunami.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk