created sense approved 寸金 · cùnjīn · small piece of gold — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寸金
cùnjīn
small piece of gold
A small piece of gold about one inch long or wide
寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · cun 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · gold
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created sense approved 寸金 · cùnjīn · precious; valuable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寸金
cùnjīn
precious; valuable
Metaphorical term for something extremely precious or a large sum of money, often used in idioms regarding the value of land or time
寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · very little 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · precious
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition