一寸光陰一寸金
yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn

time is precious

  • created reference approved 一寸光阴一寸金/一寸光陰一寸金 → 寸金难买寸光阴/寸金難買寸光陰 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一寸光阴一寸金 / 一寸光陰一寸金 yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn

    寸金难买寸光阴 / 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一寸光阴一寸金/一寸光陰一寸金 · yī​cùn​guāng​yīn​yī​cùn​jīn · time is precious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    yí​cùn​guāng​yīn​yí​cùn​jīn

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · cun 光阴 (literal) → 光阴/光陰 · guāng​yīn · time 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · cun 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · gold

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense