Every inch of land is golden
"An inch of land and a foot of gold" is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is C ù NT ǔ ch ǐ J ī n, which means that land is highly profitable and valuable. It comes from the legend of Zhixiang in the imperial city.
Idioms and allusions
Yang Maojian, Qing Dynasty, the legend of the emperor city pattern: when thousands of flowers were competing for beauty, it was a great hate to cultivate wonderful flowers and make them spread to court
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used of valuable land
Chinese PinYin : cùn tǔ chǐ jīn
Every inch of land is golden
be honest in performing one 's official duties. lián jié fèng gōng
can compose and perform military exercises. shàn wén néng wǔ