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寸金難買寸光陰
简 寸金难买寸光阴 · 繁 寸金難買寸光陰Mandarin · pinyin cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
Meanings
- An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
- Time is precious.
Characters in this entry
- 寸
- cùn · inch; small, tiny; Kangxi radical 41
- 金
- jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
- 難
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- 買
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- 光
- guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
- 陰
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- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
- 买
- mǎi · buy, purchase; bribe, persuade
- 阴
- yīn · 'female' principle; dark; secret
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Mandarin tones
4–1–2–3–4–1–1 · cun4 jin1 nan2 mai3 cun4 guang1 yin1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cyun3 gam1 naan4 maai5 cyun3 gwong1 jam1
Cantonese word readings for 寸金難買寸光陰. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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cyun3 gam1 naan4 maai5 cyun3 gwong1 jam1
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