It means to concentrate on reading. Before you know it, spring is over, and every inch of time is as precious as an inch of gold. The original text is from Wang Zhenbai's White Deer Cave.

Original text:

Reading is already spring, and an inch of time is worth an inch of gold.

it's not Taoist priests who come to laugh, but Zhou Qing and Kong Si are pursuing it.

Vernacular translation:

Concentrate on reading, before you know it, spring is over, and every inch of time is as precious as an inch of gold.

If I hadn't been interrupted by the admiring jokes of passers-by, I would have been studying the essence and teachings of Duke Zhou and Confucius.

Extended information:

Creation background:

This poem is about the poet's own reading life, and it is also a poem that cherishes time. "Bailudong" is located in the south of Houping Mountain at the southern foot of Wulaofeng Mountain in Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province. Surrounded by green hills, shaded by green trees, the environment here is quiet. Named "Bailu Cave", it is actually not a cave, but a flat land between valleys. In the middle Tang Dynasty, Li Bo studied here and kept a white deer as his companion, named "White Deer Cave".

the poem "an inch of time and an inch of gold" has become a famous saying that has been passed down through the ages to encourage the world to cherish time. Future generations should be inspired and educated. Knowledge is accumulated by time. In order to enrich themselves, we should cherish time very much.