







蹉跎仕路 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to waste one's prime years in an unfulfilling or stagnant official career; to languish in a career path without achieving success”. Literally, “Wasted time on an official career path”.

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Open the tool →蹉跎仕路 (cuō tuó shì lù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to waste one's prime years in an unfulfilling or stagnant official career; to languish in a career path without achieving success”.
蹉跎仕路 is pronounced cuō tuó shì lù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蹉跎仕路 means “Wasted time on an official career path”. It is used to mean “to waste one's prime years in an unfulfilling or stagnant official career; to languish in a career path without achieving success”.
蹉跎:时间白白过去。指仕途不得志