虚度 (xū dù) — to waste time (idly, fruitlessly; literary/reflective)
Definition
A literary verb meaning 'to waste (time)' — typically used reflectively to regret squandered years or 光阴, not for casual idle moments.
verb
to waste time (idly, fruitlessly; literary/reflective)
Examples
- 虚度。Tā hòu huǐ nián qīng shí xū dù le guāng yīn.He regrets wasting his youth.
- 虚度。Bú yào zài dà hǎo nián huá lǐ xū dù dù rì.Don't waste your best years idling away.
- 虚度。Zhè jǐ nián de shí guāng jiù zhè yàng bèi xū dù le.These past few years have just been wasted like that.
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