此一时，彼一时彼一时，此一时cǐ yī shí,bǐ yī shíthe conditions are different;this is one situation and that was another—times have changed;this time the situation is quite different
❍ 可是，一种洞晓世故的敏感，使他清楚地看到：～，情况不同，如何能够乱来呢？(杨沫《青春之歌》145) But his native shrewdness made him wen aware that this time the situation was quite different and he must go carefully. 此一时，彼一时times have changed;circumstances have changed with the passage of time;things are now different from what they were before |