时间是把杀猪刀
Traditional form:
時間是把殺豬刀
Pinyin (reading):
shíjiānshìbǎshāzhūdāo
Definitions:
- lit. time is a butcher's knife
- fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving
- nothing gold can stay
Characters:
- 时 - time, season; period, era, age
- 间 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
- 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
- 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 猪 - pig, hog, wild boar
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
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