现在是过去钥匙

Today is the key to the past.

now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays

to appear / present / now / existing / current

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

(in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by

(verb suffix)

to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

key / CL:把[ba3]

key / also pr. [yao4]

spoon

used in 鑰匙|钥匙[yao4 shi5]