寸土寸金

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Chinese

a unit of length
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
a unit of length metal; gold; money
simp. and trad.
(寸土寸金)

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寸土寸金

  1. every inch of land is an inch of gold; land is extremely expensive in an area