一 寸 光 阴 一 寸 金 , 寸 金 难 买 寸 光 阴
寸 | cùn | a unit of length / inch / thumb |
光 | guāng | light / ray / bright / only / merely / to use up / CL:道[dao4] |
金 | jīn | gold / metal / money / the Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
难 | nán | difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good |
一 | yī | one / 1 / single / a (article) |
阴 | yīn | overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / pudenda |