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一字千金 (jat1 zi6 cin1 gam1) — one word is worth a thousand taels of gold in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一ziˍ₆字cinˉ¹千gamˉ¹金
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 zi4 qian1 jin1

Meaning of 一字千金

nounone word is worth a thousand taels of gold

Characters in 一字千金

一jat1
one; a; an; the
字zi6
word; letter; character; word; logograph; glyph
千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
金gam1
a Chinese family name

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