度日如年 |
dù rì rú nián |
a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched |
度 |
dù |
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences |
度 |
duó |
to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duo4] |
度日 |
dù rì |
to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence |
日 |
Rì |
abbr. for 日本, Japan |
日 |
rì |
sun / day / date, day of the month |
如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
年 |
Nián |
surname Nian |
年 |
nián |
year / CL:个 |
年 |
nián |
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 |