与时俱进
yǔshíjùjìn
to keep pace with the times
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
俱 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
进 jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 老爷爷也学会用手机支付，思想很与时俱进。 Lǎo yéye yě xuéhuì yòng shǒujī zhīfù, sīxiǎng hěn yǔshí jùjìn. Grandpa learned to pay with his phone too; his thinking keeps pace with the times.
- 传统手工店与时俱进，开了网上店铺。 Chuántǒng shǒugōng diàn yǔshí jùjìn, kāile wǎngshàng diànpù. The traditional handicraft shop keeps up with the times and opened an online store.
- 教学方法要与时俱进，才能吸引年轻学生。 Jiàoxué fāngfǎ yào yǔshí jùjìn, cáinéng xīyǐn niánqīng xuésheng. Teaching methods must keep pace with the times to attract young students.
Related words
- 参与 cānyù to take part
- 与其 yǔqí rather than
- 与否 yǔfǒu whether or not
- 与日俱增 yǔrìjùzēng to increase with each passing day
- 与众不同 yǔzhòngbùtóng to be different from the crowd
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 有时候 yǒushíhou sometimes
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 那时候 nàshíhou at that time
- 平时 píngshí usually; in ordinary times