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寸土寸金
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Chinese
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a unit of length
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
a unit of length
metal; gold; money
simp.
and
trad.
(
寸土寸金
)
寸
土
寸
金
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
cùntǔcùnjīn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
cyun
3
tou
2
cyun
3
gam
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
cùntǔcùnjīn
Zhuyin
:
ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
cùntǔcùnjin
Wade–Giles
:
tsʻun
4
-tʻu
3
-tsʻun
4
-chin
1
Yale
:
tswùn-tǔ-tswùn-jīn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
tsuenntuutsuennjin
Palladius
:
цуньтуцуньцзинь
(cunʹtucunʹczinʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
cyun
3
tou
2
cyun
3
gam
1
Yale
:
chyun tóu chyun g
ā
m
Cantonese Pinyin
:
tsyn
3
tou
2
tsyn
3
gam
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
qun
3
tou
2
qun
3
gem
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ kɐm
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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寸土寸金
every
inch
of
land
is an inch of
gold
;
land
is
extremely
expensive
in an
area
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