寸阴 (寸陰) cùnyīn
cùnyīn
noun
a very brief period of time ( the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '寸陰')
Contained in
- 惜寸阴(惜寸陰) to cherish every moment; to make good use of one's time
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- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷三十四 列傳第二十八 張緬 弟纘 綰 Volume 34: Zhang Mian; Zhang Zuan; Zhang Wan Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1
- Full text Thousand Character Classic 千字文 — count: 1
- 卷六十八 列傳第五十六: 豆盧寧 楊紹 王雅 韓雄 賀若敦 Volume 68 Biographies 56: Dou Luning, Yang Shao, Wang Ya, Han Xiong, He Ruodun History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷五十二 Scroll 52 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷65 邢巒 李平 Volume 65: Xing Luan, Li Ping Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷六十 列傳第二十 范泰 王准之 王韶之 荀伯子 Volume 60 Biographies 20: Fan Tai, Wang Zhunzhi, Xun Bozi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 卷52 列傳第17 韓擒虎 賀若弼 Volume 52 Biographies 17: Han Qinhu, He Ruobi Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷二十三 列傳第四 褚淵 淵弟澄 徐嗣 王儉 Volume 23 Biographies 4: Chu Yuan, Yuan Dicheng, Xu Si, Wang Jian Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 重寸阴 (重寸陰) 古人重寸陰而賤尺璧 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十 列傳第二十 范泰 王准之 王韶之 荀伯子 Volume 60 Biographies 20: Fan Tai, Wang Zhunzhi, Xun Bozi — count: 4
- 吝寸阴 (吝寸陰) 吝寸陰而敗尺璧 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十 列傳第三十 袁淑 Volume 70 Biographies 30: Yuan Shu — count: 3