寸金難買寸光陰

寸
寸
金
金
难
難
买
買
寸
寸
光
光
阴
陰
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.

Characters and words in 寸金難買寸光陰

寸
cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
金
jīn = ji + (e)n1
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
金
jīn = ji + (e)n1
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
难
難
nán = n + an2
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
难
難
nàn = n + an4
disaster / distress / to scold
买
買
mǎi = m + ai3
to buy / to purchase
光
guāng = gu + ang1
light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up
光
光
阴
陰
time available
阴
陰
yīn = y + (e)n1
surname Yin
阴
陰
yīn = y + (e)n1
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia

Words with 寸金難買寸光陰

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
一
一
寸
寸
光
光
阴
陰
一
一
寸
寸
金
金
，
，
,
寸
寸
金
金
难
難
买
買
寸
寸
光
光
阴
陰
lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom) / fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.

Sentences with 寸金難買寸光陰

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