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春宵一刻值千金 (ceon1 siu1 jat1 hak1 zik6 cin1 gam1) — 'every hour in Spring is very precious'; 'every minute of the wedding night is valuable' in Cantonese

ceonˉ¹春siuˉ¹宵jatˉ¹一hakˉ¹刻zikˍ₆值cinˉ¹千gamˉ¹金
Mandarin Pinyin: chun1 xiao1 yi1 ke4 zhi2 qian1 jin1

Meaning of 春宵一刻值千金

noun'every hour in Spring is very precious'; 'every minute of the wedding night is valuable'

Characters in 春宵一刻值千金

春ceon1
joyful [5 youth
宵siu1
night; evening; dark
一jat1
one; a; an; the
刻hak1
describe; depict; portray
值zik6
worth; merit; deserve
千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
金gam1
a Chinese family name

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