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 (saying)
fig. time is precious
一
yī
one
寸
cùn
a unit of length
光
guāng
light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
阴
yīn
variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
金
jīn
gold
,
,
难
nán
difficult (to...)
买
mǎi
to buy