虚度光阴
Traditional form:
虛度光陰
Pinyin (reading):
xūdùguāngyīn
Definitions:
- to waste time on worthless activities
Characters:
- 虚 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 度 - degree, system; manner; to consider
- 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 阴 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret
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