一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn​cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn

time is precious

  1. 一寸光阴一寸金 一寸光陰一寸金 yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn
    time is precious
    (saying) time is money; literally an inch of time is worth an inch of gold
  2. ， cùn
    non-Chinese
  3. 寸金难买寸光阴 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn
    time is more precious than gold
    (proverb) an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time; money cannot buy back wasted time