寸
cùn
Pinyin

Definition

寸
 - 
cùn
  1. a unit of length
  2. inch
  3. thumb

Character Decomposition

Compounds (34)

时
shí
  1. 1 old variant of 時|时[shí]
时
Shí
  1. 1 surname Shi
时
shí
  1. 1 o'clock
  2. 2 time
  3. 3 when
  4. 4 hour
  5. 5 season
  6. 6 period
对
duì
  1. 1 right
  2. 2 correct
  3. 3 couple
  4. 4 pair
  5. 5 towards
  6. 6 at
  7. 7 for
  8. 8 to face
  9. 9 opposite
  10. 10 to treat (sb a certain way)
  11. 11 to match together
  12. 12 to adjust
  13. 13 to fit
  14. 14 to suit
  15. 15 to answer
  16. 16 to reply
  17. 17 classifier: couple
得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished

Related Words (17)

寸
cùn
  1. 1 a unit of length
  2. 2 inch
  3. 3 thumb
分寸
fēn cun
  1. 1 propriety
  2. 2 appropriate behavior
  3. 3 proper speech or action
  4. 4 within the norms
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
  1. 1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
  2. 2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
尺寸
chǐ cun
  1. 1 size
  2. 2 dimension
  3. 3 measurement
方寸
fāng cùn
  1. 1 square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 mind

Idioms (14)

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
  1. 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
  1. 1 to follow sb closely (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep close to

Sample Sentences

比如用户家里有一台液晶电视需要回收，就可以打开“垃圾分类回收”，选择品类、品牌、使用年限、尺寸、屏幕外观、功能状况等选项，最后系统会自动计算出一个预估回收价（最终成交价以上门面议为准）。
bǐrú yònghù jiālǐ yǒu yī tái yèjīng diànshì xūyào huíshōu ，jiù kěyǐ dǎkāi “lājī fēnlèi huíshōu ”，xuǎnzé pǐnlèi 、pǐnpái 、shǐyòng niánxiàn 、chǐcun 、píngmù wàiguān 、gōngnéng zhuàngkuàng děng xuǎnxiàng ，zuìhòu xìtǒng huì zìdòng jìsuàn chū yīgē yùgū huíshōu jià （zuìzhōng chéngjiāojià yǐ shàngmén miànyì wéizhǔn ）。
For example, if there is an LCD TV in the user's home that needs to be recycled, you can open the “Garbage Collection and Recycling” and select options such as category, brand, age, size, screen appearance, and functional status. Finally, the system will automatically calculate an estimated recovery price (The final transaction price is when the collector goes for pickup)
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所以我说啊，你们这儿还有没有别的尺寸了呀？这件，这件，那件，都拿来看看。
suǒyǐ wǒ shuō ā ，nǐmen zhèr hái yǒuméiyǒu biéde chǐcun le ya ？zhèjiàn ，zhèjiàn ，nà jiàn ，dōu ná lái kàn kan 。
So... do you have any other sizes here? Can I have a look at this one, that one and that one.
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打蛇打七寸。
dǎ shé dǎ qī cùn 。
To hit where it hurts. / To attack the problem at its core.
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一间公司经营得不顺。公司里的员工又懒散，做事又没效率。所以新来的老板打蛇打七寸，把表现不好的员工都裁员了。
yī jiān gōngsī jīngyíng de bùshùn 。gōngsī lǐ de yuángōng yòu lǎnsǎn ，zuòshì yòu méi xiàolǜ 。suǒyǐ xīnlái de lǎobǎn dǎshédǎqīcùn ，bǎ biǎoxiàn bùhǎo de yuángōng dōu cáiyuán le 。
A company is not running well. The employees are lazy and they do things inefficiently. Therefore, the new boss decided to attack the problem at its core. He fired all the employees that were underperforming.
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在解决问题的时候，要打蛇打七寸，针对问题提出解决方法，才能真正地解决问题。
zài jiějué wèntí de shíhou ，yào dǎshédǎqīcùn ，zhēnduì wèntí tíchū jiějué fāngfǎ ，cái néng zhēnzhèng de jiějué wèntí 。
When you try to solve the problems, you need to “hit where it hurts.” Proposing a solution targeting at the problem is the way to truly solve the issue.
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在保护自己、打坏人的时候，要打蛇打七寸，要不然很危险的。
zài bǎohù zìjǐ 、dǎ huàirén de shíhou ，yào dǎshédǎqīcùn ，yàobùrán hěn wēixiǎn de 。
When you attack the bad guy to protect yourself, you need to hit where it hurts. Or it would be dangerous.
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可以，那就给您备注微辣的，另外我们店的比萨有六寸和九寸两种尺寸，请问您需要哪一种？
kěyǐ ，nā jiù gěi nín bèizhù wēilà de ，lìngwài wǒmen diàn de bǐsà yǒu liù cùn hé jiǔ cùn liǎng zhǒng chǐcun ，qǐngwèn nín xūyào nǎ yī zhǒng ？
Yes. I'll make a note that you want it mild. Also, the pizzas at our store come in two sizes, six inches and nine inches. What kind would you like?
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给我一个六寸的就可以了。
gěi wǒ yī gè liù cùn de jiù kěyǐ le 。
I'll just take the six inch.
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好的，好的，一个六寸的香肠比萨，微辣。请问地址是？
hǎo de ，hǎo de ，yī gè liù cùn de xiāngcháng bǐsà ，wēilà 。qǐngwèn dìzhǐ shì ？
OK, OK. A six inch sausage pizza, mild. Can I get your address?
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尺寸不对，我要换大一号，颜色不变。
chǐcun bù duì ，wǒ yào huàn dà yīhào ，yánsè bùbiàn 。
It's the wrong size. I want to change it for one size larger, but the same colour.
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