寸土寸金

cùn tǔ cùn jīn

land worth its weight in gold

Character by character

寸cùn
inch

土tǔ
land

寸cùn
inch

金jīn
gold

市中心寸土寸金，连停车位都卖几十万。

Downtown land is worth its weight in gold; even a parking space sells for hundreds of thousands.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 6 · HSK 5: 一线城市 (City tiers)

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