







waste time
squander time
idle away time
I seem to fritter my time away.
The woman regrets spending her time idly.

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Open the tool →虚度光阴 (xū dù guāng yīn) means “waste time, squander time, idle away time”.
虚度光阴 is pronounced xū dù guāng yīn in Mandarin Chinese.
“waste time” is 虚度光阴 (xū dù guāng yīn) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 虚度光阴, each with pinyin and an English translation.