度日如年 — Chinese idiom
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
Meaning
- a day drags past like a year ; time hangs heavy
- time crawls when one is wretched
Character by character
- 度dùdegree, system; manner; to consider
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
Idioms sharing a character
- 一年一度 yī nián yī dù
- 付之度外 fù zhī dù wài
- 挥霍无度 huī huò wú dù
- 普度众生 pǔ dù zhòng shēng
- 梅开二度 méi kāi èr dù
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
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