寸金難買寸光陰 [－－难买－－阴]

Jyutping cyun3 gam1 naan4 maai5 cyun3 gwong1 jam1
Pinyin cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. Time is precious.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    俗话说：一寸光阴一寸金；可俗话又说：寸金难买寸光阴！
    俗話說：一寸光陰一寸金；可俗話又說：寸金難買寸光陰！
    sú huà shuō ： yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn ； kě sú huà yòu shuō ： cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn ！
    • There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time".
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。
    一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。
    jat1 cyun3 gwong1 jam1 jat1 cyun3 gam1, cyun3 gam1 naan4 maai5 cyun3 gwong1 jam1.
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