- 寸(thumb; inch)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a hand with a small dot marking the pulse-measurement point represents the unit of measurement called a cun.
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寸金难买寸光阴
寸金难买寸光阴
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
- 。
An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
- 貳名noun
Time is precious.
- 。
An inch of time is worth more than an inch of gold.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 金(gold; metal (figurative))ASSOCIATIVE
Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 乛(hook; hooked radical)RADICAL
- 头(head; leader)ASSOCIATIVE
Shopping is using a hook to pull a valuable item toward yourself.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
- 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE
Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 阝(mound; region of earth)RADICAL
- 月(moon)ASSOCIATIVE
Dark shadows appear when the moon hides behind an earthen mound.
寸金难买寸光阴
Traditional寸金難買寸光陰
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
- 。
An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
- 貳名noun
Time is precious.
- 。
An inch of time is worth more than an inch of gold.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 寸(thumb; inch)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a hand with a small dot marking the pulse-measurement point represents the unit of measurement called a cun.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 金(gold; metal (figurative))ASSOCIATIVE
Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 乛(hook; hooked radical)RADICAL
- 头(head; leader)ASSOCIATIVE
Shopping is using a hook to pull a valuable item toward yourself.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
- 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE
Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 阝(mound; region of earth)RADICAL
- 月(moon)ASSOCIATIVE
Dark shadows appear when the moon hides behind an earthen mound.
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