春宵一刻值千金
chūn​xiāo​yī​kè​zhí​qiān​jīn

a precious moment of time

  1. 春宵 chūn​xiāo
    spring night
    (literary) a spring night
  2. 一刻 yī​kè nounnumeral
    a short time
    A very brief moment or a short period of time.
  3. 值 zhí verb
    to be worth
    to be worth; to have a certain price or value; to be equivalent to
  4. 千金 qiān​jīn
    a lot of money
    a thousand pieces of gold; a vast amount of money or riches; a great sum