度日如年 — Chinese idiom

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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