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寸阴 (寸陰) cùnyīn

cùnyīn noun a very brief period of time ( the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '寸陰')

名士志四海古人惜寸阴(名士志四海古人惜寸陰) The noble man sets his heart on the world; The ancient sages set their minds on time.
心源无风雨古人惜寸阴(心源無風雨古人惜寸陰) At the heart's source lies neither wind nor rain; As per the ancients, time is priceless.
英雄志四海学士惜寸阴(英雄志四海學士惜寸陰) The brave sets his heart on the world; The learned scholar sets his mind on time.
英雄志四海古人惜寸阴(英雄志四海古人惜寸陰) The brave sets his heart on the world; The ancient sage set his mind on time.

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Scroll 85 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 2
Scroll 15 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
Scroll 6 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
Scroll 28 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1
Scroll 590 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 1 , has parallel version
Scroll 6 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 1
Scroll 1 Mahāyānasaṅgrāhabhāṣya (She Dacheng Lun Shi) 攝大乘論釋 — count: 1
Scroll 30 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
Scroll 15 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
Scroll 2 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation

弃寸阴 (棄寸陰) 無棄寸陰 — Summary of the Great Vehicle (Mahāyānasaṅgraha, Paramārtha tr.) 攝大乘論, Scroll 1 — count: 7
重寸阴 (重寸陰) 云輕尺璧而重寸陰 — Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄, Scroll 82 — count: 5
不舍寸阴 (不捨寸陰) 真誠學道不捨寸陰 — Fo Zhi Biqiu Liu Wu Tu 佛制比丘六物圖, Scroll 1 — count: 5
掷寸阴 (擲寸陰) 可惜虛擲寸陰 — Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄, Scroll 5 — count: 4
无缺寸阴 (無缺寸陰) 日夕思想無缺寸陰 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 20 — count: 2
怠寸阴 (怠寸陰) 怠寸陰 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 12 — count: 2
释寸阴 (釋寸陰) 於即研精覃思無釋寸陰 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 15 — count: 2