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一寸光阴一寸金

yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn

7-character word Traditional 一寸光陰一寸金

What 一寸光阴一寸金 means

1. (saying) time is precious

The characters in 一寸光阴一寸金

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 寸cùna unit of length; inch; thumb
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 寸cùna unit of length; inch; thumb
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Example sentences

• 俗话说：一寸光阴一寸金；可俗话又说：寸金难买寸光阴！
  Súhuàshuō: yīcùnguāngyīnyīcùnjīn; kě súhuà yòu shuō: cùnjīnnánmǎicùnguāngyīn!
  There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time".