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寸阴
cùn​yīn

moment

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
寸阴 (寸陰) cùn​yīn
moment
A very brief period of time (literally the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch).

Frequency

Written text
0.023 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 寸晷 cùn​guǐ

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)