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| Processed by: | ycandau (2016-03-25 14:16:18 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 57954 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> LA 即使在學校裡，孩子的活動空間也有限。特別是都會地區，寸土寸金，學校幅員廣闊的並不多見，袖珍、迷你型學校倒是不少。 Even at school, children have limited space. This is especially so in urban areas, where land is worth its weight in gold. Few schools have expansive campuses, and mini schools are quite common. 然而，如今寸土寸金，要像古家這樣完整保留傳統建築，已經越來越不容易了。 But land is valuable. These days it's becoming harder and harder for families to hold on to their traditional homes and keep them intact in the way the Ku's have done. 尤其都市地表寸土寸金，經過滴水不漏的開挖建設，根本看不出地盤的露頭。 Particularly in metropolitan areas where high real estate prices mean that all the land is covered by buildings, ruptures are impossible to see. 然而，在寸土寸金的台北市中心，蓋地上僅有兩層建物的賣場，未免太不合經濟效益吧？蔡明澤自豪地說，「經營賣場，空間是必要的浪費！」 But given the exorbitant cost of land in Taipei, isn't it economically irrational to put only two floors of shopping space on a lot? Jason Tsai says confidently, "If you want to change the way shopping centers are run, you have to be willing to give up some space." Other expressions that appeared in translations: - land is extremely valuable - An inch of land along an MRT line is an inch of gold - "It takes time to get an inch of gold for an inch of land," - rents are through the roof - With the astronomical prices of urban land, - where land commands an especially high premium, - downtown land was costly, |
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# 寸土寸金 寸土寸金 [cun4 tu3 cun4 jin1] /(of a particular area) the real estate is extremely expensive (idiom)/ + 寸土寸金 寸土寸金 [cun4 tu3 cun4 jin1] /land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)/ |