 一寸光阴一寸金 |  一寸光陰一寸金 | |||
 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn |  yat1 chyun3 gwong1 yam1 yat1 chyun3 gam1 | |||
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 fig. free time is to be treasured / | ||||
  Adso:  Cantofish: An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold (common saying); free time is to be treasured MDBG: lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom); fig. free time is to be treasured  LDC:  CDict: ' | ||||
 Mouseover for pinyin and definition (if available). Click for dictionary lookup. 俗话说(sú huà shuō) as they say... ： 一寸光阴一寸金(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn) fig. free time is to be treasured ； 可(kě) can 俗话(sú huà) proverb 又说(yòushù) ： 寸金难买寸光阴(cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn) Time is precious. ！ There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time". Example sentences courtesy Tatoeba project.
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Somewhat infrequent
