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cùn a unit of length / inch / thumb
丹田 dān tián pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
手无寸铁 shǒu cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
寸步不让 cùn ràng (idiom) not to yield an inch
见缝插针 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
得寸进尺 cùn jìn chǐ lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
尺有所短,寸有所长 chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng 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
尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm
寸阴 cùn yīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
针尖对麦芒 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
cùn inch (English)
死去活来 huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
半死 bàn half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb
三寸金莲 sān cùn jīn lián (historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)


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