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Introducing the idiom 「寸陰尺璧」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Yin: shadow of the sun, time; Cunyin: refers to a very short period of time. The value of the time it takes for the sun’s shadow to move one inch is more valuable than a jade disk one foot in diameter. It speaks volumes about how precious time is.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cùn yīn chǐ bì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chyun3 yam1 chek3 bik1
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