"光陰" meaning in Chinese

See 光陰 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kuɑŋ²⁴ iŋ⁵¹/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /kuoŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵⁵/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kɔŋ³³ im³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/, /kuɑŋ²⁴ iŋ⁵¹/, /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/, /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/, /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/, /kuoŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵⁵/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ³³ im³³/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: guāngyīn [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], гуонйин [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], guonyin [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], I-II [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], gwong¹ jam¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kông-yîm [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], guŏng-ĭng, kong-im, guāngyīn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], guangyin [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kuang¹-yin¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], gwāng-yīn [Mandarin, Yale], guangin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], гуанъинь [Mandarin, Palladius], guanʺinʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], gwōng yām [Cantonese, Yale], gwong¹ jam¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], guong¹ yem¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kông-yîm [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gong´ im´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], gong¹ yim¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], kông-yîm [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], gong´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], im´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], gong¹ yim¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], guŏng-ĭng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], kong-im [Hokkien, POJ], kong-im [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kong'ym [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kwang 'im [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 光陰
  1. (figurative) time (the limited time available in a person's life) Tags: figuratively Synonyms (time: the limited time in available in a person's life): 日力 (rìlì)
    Sense id: en-光陰-zh-noun-R9pmabrd Categories (other): Chinese antonymous compounds Disambiguation of Chinese antonymous compounds: 11 37 6 46 Disambiguation of "time: the limited time in available in a person's life": 75 5 18 2
  2. (dialectal) one's life; days in one's life Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-光陰-zh-noun-ys~1XCP9 Categories (other): Chinese antonymous compounds, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese antonymous compounds: 11 37 6 46 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 4 56 2 37
  3. (Dungan) time; age; era Tags: Dungan Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-光陰-zh-noun-DWsedpRB Disambiguation of Time: 40 1 59 0 Categories (other): Dungan Chinese
  4. (Classical) circumstances; conditions Tags: Classical
    Sense id: en-光陰-zh-noun-M7MpKES3 Categories (other): Classical Chinese, Chinese antonymous compounds Disambiguation of Chinese antonymous compounds: 11 37 6 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 時光 (shíguāng), 时光 (shíguāng), (shì) [in-compounds, literary], 世代 (shìdài) [literary], 年代 (niándài), 年候兒 (niánhour) [Beijing, Mandarin], 年候儿 (niánhour) [Beijing, Mandarin], 年歲 (niánsuì), 年岁 (niánsuì), 年華 (niánhuá), 年华 (niánhuá), 時代 (shídài), 时代 (shídài), 時期 (shíqī), 时期 (shíqī), 朝代 (cháodài), 歲月 (suìyuè), 岁月 (suìyuè), 事態 (shìtài) [especially, negative], 事态 (shìtài) [especially, negative], 光景 (guāngjǐng), 勢面 [Hokkien], 势面 [Hokkien], 境地 (jìngdì) (english: chiefly undesirable), 境況 (jìngkuàng) (english: usually economic), 境况 (jìngkuàng) (english: usually economic), 境遇 (jìngyù) [negative, usually], 局勢 (júshì), 局势 (júshì), 局面 (júmiàn), 形勢 (xíngshì), 形势 (xíngshì), 情勢 (qíngshì), 情势 (qíngshì), 情境 (qíngjìng), 情態 (qíngtài), 情态 (qíngtài), 情況 (qíngkuàng), 情况 (qíngkuàng), 情狀 (qíngzhuàng) [literary], 情状 (qíngzhuàng) [literary], 情節 (qíngjié) (english: of a crime or mistake), 情节 (qíngjié) (english: of a crime or mistake), 景況 (jǐngkuàng) (english: chiefly of an economy or individual), 景况 (jǐngkuàng) (english: chiefly of an economy or individual), 景象 (jǐngxiàng) [literary], 板面 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 樣子 (yàngzi), 样子 (yàngzi), 模樣, 模样, 狀況 (zhuàngkuàng), 状况 (zhuàngkuàng) Derived forms: 一寸光陰一寸金, 一寸光阴一寸金, 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 (yī cùn guāngyīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāngyīn), 光陰似水, 光阴似水, 光陰似箭 (guāngyīn sì jiàn), 光阴似箭 (guāngyīn sì jiàn), 光陰如隙駒, 光阴如隙驹, 光陰如電, 光阴如电, 光陰彈指, 光阴弹指, 光陰虛度, 光阴虚度, 寸金難買寸光陰, 寸金难买寸光阴

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          "english": "When people these days see me remain in my lonesomeness, they say that I have had no profit my entire life. But when I leisurely recite my works of solitude, only then do I know I have not squandered my days.",
          "ref": "時人見余守孤寂,為言一生無所益。余則閒吟孤寂章,始知光陰不虛擲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "时人见余守孤寂,为言一生无所益。余则闲吟孤寂章,始知光阴不虚掷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: c. 800, Danxia Tianran, 《孤寂吟》\nShírén jiàn yú shǒu gūjì, wèi yán yīshēng wúsuǒ yì. Yú zé xián yín gūjì zhāng, shǐ zhī guāngyīn bù xūzhì. [Pinyin]",
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          "english": "We are fortunate youths / Of the Soviet age / Within blossoming territory",
          "ref": "Ясыр Шывазы (I͡asɨr Šɨvazɨ)",
          "text": "Вәмўсы минда шонян / Совет гуонйиншонди, / Зэ кэхуарди гуйтўни\nVəmwsɨ minda šoni͡an / Sovi͡ət guonyinšondi, / Ze kehuardi guytwni\n我們是命大少年 / Совет光陰上的 / 在開花兒的國土裡",
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        "Pinyin",
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      "zh-pron": "guāngyīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
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      "zh-pron": "гуонйин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guonyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-II"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwong¹ jam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kông-yîm"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "guŏng-ĭng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kong-im"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guāngyīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guangyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuang¹-yin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwāng-yīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guangin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гуанъинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guanʺinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuɑŋ²⁴ iŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwōng yām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwong¹ jam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guong¹ yem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kông-yîm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong´ im´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong¹ yim¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kông-yîm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "im´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong¹ yim¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guŏng-ĭng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuoŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kong-im"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kong-im"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kong'ym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ³³ im³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwang 'im"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuɑŋ²⁴ iŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuoŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ³³ im³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíguāng",
      "word": "時光"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíguāng",
      "word": "时光"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shì",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "世"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìdài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "世代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niándài",
      "word": "年代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niánhour",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "年候兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niánhour",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "年候儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niánsuì",
      "word": "年歲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niánsuì",
      "word": "年岁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niánhuá",
      "word": "年華"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niánhuá",
      "word": "年华"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shídài",
      "word": "時代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shídài",
      "word": "时代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíqī",
      "word": "時期"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíqī",
      "word": "时期"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cháodài",
      "word": "朝代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suìyuè",
      "word": "歲月"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suìyuè",
      "word": "岁月"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìtài",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "事態"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìtài",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "事态"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guāngjǐng",
      "word": "光景"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "勢面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "势面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chiefly undesirable",
      "roman": "jìngdì",
      "word": "境地"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "usually economic",
      "roman": "jìngkuàng",
      "word": "境況"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "usually economic",
      "roman": "jìngkuàng",
      "word": "境况"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìngyù",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "境遇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "júshì",
      "word": "局勢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "júshì",
      "word": "局势"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "júmiàn",
      "word": "局面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xíngshì",
      "word": "形勢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xíngshì",
      "word": "形势"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngshì",
      "word": "情勢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngshì",
      "word": "情势"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngjìng",
      "word": "情境"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngtài",
      "word": "情態"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngtài",
      "word": "情态"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngkuàng",
      "word": "情況"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngkuàng",
      "word": "情况"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngzhuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "情狀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíngzhuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "情状"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "of a crime or mistake",
      "roman": "qíngjié",
      "word": "情節"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "of a crime or mistake",
      "roman": "qíngjié",
      "word": "情节"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chiefly of an economy or individual",
      "roman": "jǐngkuàng",
      "word": "景況"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chiefly of an economy or individual",
      "roman": "jǐngkuàng",
      "word": "景况"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jǐngxiàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "景象"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "板面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yàngzi",
      "word": "樣子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yàngzi",
      "word": "样子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "模樣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "模样"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhuàngkuàng",
      "word": "狀況"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhuàngkuàng",
      "word": "状况"
    }
  ],
  "word": "光陰"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese antonymous compounds",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "一寸光陰一寸金"
    },
    {
      "word": "一寸光阴一寸金"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yī cùn guāngyīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāngyīn",
      "word": "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"
    },
    {
      "word": "光陰似水"
    },
    {
      "word": "光阴似水"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guāngyīn sì jiàn",
      "word": "光陰似箭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guāngyīn sì jiàn",
      "word": "光阴似箭"
    },
    {
      "word": "光陰如隙駒"
    },
    {
      "word": "光阴如隙驹"
    },
    {
      "word": "光陰如電"
    },
    {
      "word": "光阴如电"
    },
    {
      "word": "光陰彈指"
    },
    {
      "word": "光阴弹指"
    },
    {
      "word": "光陰虛度"
    },
    {
      "word": "光阴虚度"
    },
    {
      "word": "寸金難買寸光陰"
    },
    {
      "word": "寸金难买寸光阴"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "光陰",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When people these days see me remain in my lonesomeness, they say that I have had no profit my entire life. But when I leisurely recite my works of solitude, only then do I know I have not squandered my days.",
          "ref": "時人見余守孤寂,為言一生無所益。余則閒吟孤寂章,始知光陰不虛擲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "时人见余守孤寂,为言一生无所益。余则闲吟孤寂章,始知光阴不虚掷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: c. 800, Danxia Tianran, 《孤寂吟》\nShírén jiàn yú shǒu gūjì, wèi yán yīshēng wúsuǒ yì. Yú zé xián yín gūjì zhāng, shǐ zhī guāngyīn bù xūzhì. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time (the limited time available in a person's life)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "limited",
          "limited#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#English"
        ],
        [
          "available",
          "available#English"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) time (the limited time available in a person's life)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's life; days in one's life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) one's life; days in one's life"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dungan Chinese",
        "Dungan terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We are fortunate youths / Of the Soviet age / Within blossoming territory",
          "ref": "Ясыр Шывазы (I͡asɨr Šɨvazɨ)",
          "text": "Вәмўсы минда шонян / Совет гуонйиншонди, / Зэ кэхуарди гуйтўни\nVəmwsɨ minda šoni͡an / Sovi͡ət guonyinšondi, / Ze kehuardi guytwni\n我們是命大少年 / Совет光陰上的 / 在開花兒的國土裡",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time; age; era"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "era",
          "era"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dungan) time; age; era"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "circumstances; conditions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ],
        [
          "conditions",
          "conditions"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical) circumstances; conditions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guāngyīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гуонйин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guonyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-II"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwong¹ jam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kông-yîm"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "guŏng-ĭng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kong-im"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guāngyīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guangyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuang¹-yin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwāng-yīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guangin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гуанъинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guanʺinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuɑŋ²⁴ iŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwōng yām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwong¹ jam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guong¹ yem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kông-yîm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong´ im´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong¹ yim¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kông-yîm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "im´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gong¹ yim¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guŏng-ĭng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuoŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kong-im"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kong-im"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kong'ym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ³³ im³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwang 'im"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuɑŋ²⁴ iŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuoŋ⁵⁵ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ³³ im³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rìlì",
      "sense": "time: the limited time in available in a person's life",
      "word": "日力"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíguāng",
      "word": "時光"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíguāng",
      "word": "时光"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shì",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "世"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìdài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "世代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niándài",
      "word": "年代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niánhour",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "年候兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niánhour",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "年候儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niánsuì",
      "word": "年歲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niánsuì",
      "word": "年岁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niánhuá",
      "word": "年華"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niánhuá",
      "word": "年华"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shídài",
      "word": "時代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shídài",
      "word": "时代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíqī",
      "word": "時期"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíqī",
      "word": "时期"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháodài",
      "word": "朝代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suìyuè",
      "word": "歲月"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suìyuè",
      "word": "岁月"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìtài",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "事態"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìtài",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "事态"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guāngjǐng",
      "word": "光景"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "勢面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "势面"
    },
    {
      "english": "chiefly undesirable",
      "roman": "jìngdì",
      "word": "境地"
    },
    {
      "english": "usually economic",
      "roman": "jìngkuàng",
      "word": "境況"
    },
    {
      "english": "usually economic",
      "roman": "jìngkuàng",
      "word": "境况"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìngyù",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "境遇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "júshì",
      "word": "局勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "júshì",
      "word": "局势"
    },
    {
      "roman": "júmiàn",
      "word": "局面"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xíngshì",
      "word": "形勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xíngshì",
      "word": "形势"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngshì",
      "word": "情勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngshì",
      "word": "情势"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngjìng",
      "word": "情境"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngtài",
      "word": "情態"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngtài",
      "word": "情态"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngkuàng",
      "word": "情況"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngkuàng",
      "word": "情况"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngzhuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "情狀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíngzhuàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "情状"
    },
    {
      "english": "of a crime or mistake",
      "roman": "qíngjié",
      "word": "情節"
    },
    {
      "english": "of a crime or mistake",
      "roman": "qíngjié",
      "word": "情节"
    },
    {
      "english": "chiefly of an economy or individual",
      "roman": "jǐngkuàng",
      "word": "景況"
    },
    {
      "english": "chiefly of an economy or individual",
      "roman": "jǐngkuàng",
      "word": "景况"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǐngxiàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "景象"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "板面"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàngzi",
      "word": "樣子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàngzi",
      "word": "样子"
    },
    {
      "word": "模樣"
    },
    {
      "word": "模样"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuàngkuàng",
      "word": "狀況"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuàngkuàng",
      "word": "状况"
    }
  ],
  "word": "光陰"
}

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