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Open the tool →蹉跎时日 (cuō tuó shí rì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to waste one's time”.
蹉跎时日 is pronounced cuō tuó shí rì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蹉跎时日 means “waste time and days”. It is used to mean “to waste one's time”.
蹉跎:时光白白过去。把时光白白地耽误过去。指虚度光阴。