一寸光阴一寸金

Traditional form:

一寸光陰一寸金

Pinyin (reading):

yīcùnguāngyīnyīcùnjīn

Definitions:

• (idiom) time is precious

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 寸 - inch; small, tiny
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 阴 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 寸 - inch; small, tiny
• 金 - gold, metal; money

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 寸 - inch; small, tiny
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 陰 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 寸 - inch; small, tiny
• 金 - gold, metal; money