寸金難買寸光陰
cùnjīnnánmǎicùnguāngyīn
ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ
Simplified 寸金难买寸光阴
- 1An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
- 2Time is precious.
Example
俗話說：一寸光陰一寸金；可俗話又說：寸金難買寸光陰！
súhuàshuō yícùnguāngyīnyícùnjīn kě súhuà yòu shuō cùnjīnnánmǎicùnguāngyīn
There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time".