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寸金难买寸光阴
cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn

time's value

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
寸金难买寸光阴 (寸金難買寸光陰) cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn
time's value
An ounce of gold cannot buy an inch of time; money cannot buy back lost time, emphasizing that time is precious.

Frequency

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0.036 per million

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)