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一寸光陰一寸金,寸金難買寸光陰 | |
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold. This sentence may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. Level: 3 |
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一寸光陰一寸金,寸金難買寸光陰 | |
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jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little 寸 cyun3 - inch; very small; cocky; arrogant 光陰 gwong1 jam1 - time available 金 gam1 - gold 難 naan4 naan6 - difficult; unpleasant; calamity; blame 買 maai5 - buy; purchase |
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This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 23rd Nov 2008 04:45 |