汉英词典
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MEANING OF 光阴
guāng yīn
光阴 (光陰)
time available
时间 日子 时刻 工夫 时光 时日 年华 流光
〈名〉❶时间：～似箭｜青年时代的～是最宝贵的。❷〈方〉日子▲。
光 guāng 阴 (陰) yīn
COMMON WORDS WITH 光阴
光阴荏苒 ( 光陰荏苒 )
guāng yīn rěn rǎn
Time passes very quickly. / Day after day passed by. / Day and night alternate in quick succession. / The time slipped away. / Time sped past.
( 光陰荏苒 )
光阴似箭 ( 光陰似箭 )
guāng yīn sì jiàn
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
( 光陰似箭 )
一寸光阴一寸金 ( 一寸光陰一寸金 )
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom) / fig. free time is to be treasured
( 一寸光陰一寸金 )
虚度光阴 ( 虛度光陰 )
xū dù guāng yīn
to waste time on worthless activities
( 虛度光陰 )
寸金难买寸光阴 ( 寸金難買寸光陰 )
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
( 寸金難買寸光陰 )
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 )
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom) / fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
( 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 )
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