very short; a unit of length (=1/3 decimetre)
Example Sentences
俗话说一寸光阴一寸金。
sú huà shuō yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn.
There is a saying: an inch of time is an inch of gold.
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Related Words & Compounds
to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to
(male hair style) crew cut / butch cut
unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
(idiom) barren; devoid of vegetation
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
(idiom) not to yield an inch
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