寸金难买寸光阴
cùn​jīn​nán​mǎi​cùn​guāng​yīn

time is more precious than gold

  • created sense approved 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 — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    (proverb) an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time; money cannot buy back wasted time

    寸金 (literal) → 寸金 · cùn​jīn · precious; valuable 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · very little 光阴 (literal) → 光阴/光陰 · guāng​yīn · time

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    created sense