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Trad. 惜寸陰
- to cherish every moment
- to make good use of one's time
Trad. 敬惜字紙
- to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
Trad. 憐香惜玉
- to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
Trad. 愛惜羽毛
- (idiom) to cherish one's reputation
- to spare no effort
- to devote all one's energies
- lit. people of talent appreciate one another (idiom)
- fig. to feel an affinity with (sb); to feel a bond with
Trad. 惜香憐玉
- see 憐香惜玉|怜香惜玉[lian2 xiang1 xi1 yu4]
- see 惺惺相惜[xing1 xing1 xiang1 xi1]
Trad. 食之無味，棄之可惜
- lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
- fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them