寸阴尺璧
cùn​yīn​chǐ​bì

time is more precious than jade

  • created reference approved 寸阴尺璧/寸陰尺璧 → 一寸光阴一寸金/一寸光陰一寸金 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸阴尺璧 / 寸陰尺璧 cùn​yīn​chǐ​bì

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

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 寸阴尺璧/寸陰尺璧 · cùn​yīn​chǐ​bì · time is more precious than jade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸阴尺璧 / 寸陰尺璧

    cùn​yīn​chǐ​bì

    time is more precious than jade

    An inch of time is worth more than a foot of jade; used to express that time is extremely precious and should not be wasted

    寸阴 (literal) → 寸阴/寸陰 · cùn​yīn · brief moment 尺璧 (literal) → 尺璧 · chǐ​bì · large jade disk

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

    created sense