目下

mùxià
at present

CEDICT

  1. (literary) the present time; the current time; the current moment
  2. the present time; the current time; the current moment

Wiktionary

现今、现在。《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷二二》：「若不是你归来，我性命只在目下了。」《文明小史．第四一回》：「一时不容易到手，目下正在这裡想法子。」也作「目即」、「目今」。

重編國語辭典

眼前，当下

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 目 mù
  1. eye
  2. (literary) to look; to regard
  3. eye (of a net); mesh
  4. mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数 mùshù)
  5. item; section
  6. list; catalogue
  7. (taxonomy) order
  8. name; title
2 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action

Containing this entry

目下十行 mùxiàshíháng see 一目十行 yīmùshíháng

Related entries

时下 shíxià
  1. at present
  2. right now
二手服飾在時下年輕人之間蔚為風潮。

Wearing second-hand clothes is now popular among young people.

Source: Tatoeba

目今 mùjīn
  1. nowadays
  2. at present
  3. as things stand
这阵儿 zhèzhènr
  1. now
  2. at present
  3. at this juncture
这阵子 zhèzhènzi
  1. now
  2. at present
  3. at this juncture
此刻 cǐkè
  1. this moment
  2. now
  3. at present
此刻我缺少現金。

I'm short of cash at the moment.

Source: Tatoeba

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