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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
板寸	板寸	[[ban3cun4]]	/buzz cut (hairstyle)/	40	2
標準尺寸	标准尺寸	[biao1 zhun3 chi3 cun4]	/gauge/	7119	1
尺短寸長	尺短寸长	[chi3 duan3 cun4 chang2]	/abbr. for 尺有所短，寸有所長\|尺有所短，寸有所长[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2]/	4956	1
尺有所短，寸有所長	尺有所短，寸有所长	[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2]	/lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)/fig. everyone has their strong and weak points/everything has its advantages and disadvantages/	4956	1
尺寸	尺寸	[[chi3cun5]]	/size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)/(coll.) propriety/	857	2
寸	寸	[cun4]	/a unit of length/inch/thumb/	7119	1
寸步不離	寸步不离	[cun4 bu4 bu4 li2]	/to follow sb closely (idiom)/to keep close to/	3445	1
寸步不讓	寸步不让	[cun4 bu4 bu4 rang4]	/(idiom) not to yield an inch/	2849	1
寸步難行	寸步难行	[cun4 bu4 nan2 xing2]	/unable to move a single step (idiom)/to be in an (extremely) difficult situation/	5345	1
寸步難移	寸步难移	[cun4 bu4 nan2 yi2]	/see 寸步難行\|寸步难行[cun4 bu4 nan2 xing2]/	5345	1
寸晷	寸晷	[cun4 gui3]	/see 寸陰\|寸阴[cun4 yin1]/	5121	1
寸金難買寸光陰	寸金难买寸光阴	[cun4 jin1 nan2 mai3 cun4 guang1 yin1]	/An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time./Time is precious./	4550	1
寸口	寸口	[cun4 kou3]	/location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM/	5016	1
寸口脈	寸口脉	[cun4 kou3 mai4]	/pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)/	5016	1
寸脈	寸脉	[cun4 mai4]	/pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)/	5016	1
寸頭	寸头	[cun4 tou2]	/(male hair style) crew cut/butch cut/	3142	1
寸土寸金	寸土寸金	[cun4 tu3 cun4 jin1]	/land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)/	3803	1
寸陰	寸阴	[cun4 yin1]	/a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)/	5121	1
寸草不生	寸草不生	[[cun4cao3-bu4sheng1]]	/(idiom) barren; devoid of vegetation/	100	2
得寸進尺	得寸进尺	[de2 cun4 jin4 chi3]	/lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains/give him an inch, and he'll want a mile/	6351	1
方寸	方寸	[fang1 cun4]	/square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)/heart/mind/	6095	1
方寸大亂	方寸大乱	[fang1 cun4 da4 luan4]	/(idiom) to become agitated/to get worked up/	2417	1
方寸已亂	方寸已乱	[fang1 cun4 yi3 luan4]	/(idiom) confused/troubled/bewildered/	2419	1
分寸	分寸	[fen1 cun5]	/propriety/appropriate behavior/proper speech or action/within the norms/	5026	1
肝腸寸斷	肝肠寸断	[gan1 chang2 cun4 duan4]	/lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)/fig. grief-stricken/	3108	1
公寸	公寸	[gong1 cun4]	/decimeter/	7119	1
量尺寸	量尺寸	[liang2 chi3 cun4]	/to take sb's measurements/	3954	1
聊表寸心	聊表寸心	[[liao2biao3-cun4xin1]]	/see 聊表心意[liao2biao3-xin1yi4]/	140	2
沒分寸	没分寸	[mei2 fen1 cun4]	/inappropriate/bad-mannered/	6920	1
柔腸寸斷	柔肠寸断	[rou2 chang2 cun4 duan4]	/lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short/broken-hearted (idiom)/	4940	1
三寸不爛之舌	三寸不烂之舌	[san1 cun4 bu4 lan4 zhi1 she2]	/to have a silver tongue/to have the gift of the gab/	5365	1
三寸金蓮	三寸金莲	[[san1cun4 jin1lian2]]	/(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)/	683	2
市寸	市寸	[shi4 cun4]	/cun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ decimeter)/	3529	1
手無寸鐵	手无寸铁	[shou3 wu2 cun4 tie3]	/lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless/	6351	1
鼠目寸光	鼠目寸光	[shu3 mu4 cun4 guang1]	/short-sighted/	6979	1
頭寸	头寸	[[tou2cun4]]	/(finance) cash position; position/	986	2
惜寸陰	惜寸阴	[xi1 cun4 yin1]	/to cherish every moment/to make good use of one's time/	5121	1
一寸光陰一寸金	一寸光阴一寸金	[[yi1 cun4 guang1yin1 yi1 cun4 jin1]]	/(saying) time is precious/	528	2
一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰	一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴	[[yi1 cun4 guang1yin1 yi1 cun4 jin1, cun4 jin1 nan2 mai3 cun4 guang1yin1]]	/(lit.) an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying)/(fig.) time is precious/	68	2
英寸	英寸	[ying1 cun4]	/inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)/	6955	1

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