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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 寸金难买寸光阴
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 寸金难买寸光阴 | cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn | - An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. - Time is precious. |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 80,832 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 寸 | cùn | - a unit of length - inch - thumb |
| 金 | jīn | - surname Jin - surname Kim (Korean) - Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| 金 | jīn | - 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 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 买 | mǎi | - to buy - to purchase |
| 寸 | cùn | - a unit of length - inch - thumb |
| 光 | guāng | - light; ray (CL:道[dao4]) - bright; shiny - only; merely - used up; finished - to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 阴 | yīn | - surname Yin |
| 阴 | yīn | - overcast (weather) - cloudy - shady - Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) - negative (electric.) - feminine - moon - implicit - hidden - genitalia |
| 阴 | yīn | - variant of 陰|阴[yin1] |
Other Words Containing 寸金难买寸光阴
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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