(lit.) an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying); (fig.) time is precious
trad. 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
Also written 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】
Characters in this word
7一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
寸
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a unit of length, inch, thumb
- Pinyin
- cùn
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15323 of 2500
光
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light; ray (CL:道[dao4]), bright; shiny, only; merely, used up; finished, to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- Pinyin
- guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1998 of 2500
阴
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surname Yin
- Pinyin
- Yīn
- Traditional
- 陰
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 25572 of 2500
金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
买
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to buy, to purchase
- Pinyin
- mǎi
- Traditional
- 買
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 356 of 2500