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

  • created sense approved 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴/一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 · yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn​cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn · time is precious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 / 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰

    yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn​cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn

    time is precious

    Literally "an inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy that inch of time"; used as a proverb to emphasize that time is extremely valuable and cannot be bought back once lost.

    一寸光阴一寸金 (literal) → 一寸光阴一寸金/一寸光陰一寸金 · yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn · time is precious ， (non_chinese) 寸金难买寸光阴 (literal) → 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

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