度日如年
dù rì rú nián
each day drags like a year
Character by character
度dù
spend
spend
日rì
day
day
如rú
like
like
年nián
year
year
Example
等检查结果的那几天，她真是度日如年。
In the days of waiting for the test results, every day felt like a year to her.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
Mostly used of hardship, illness or anxious waiting; said of mere boredom it is a jokey exaggeration. It is the opposite feeling to 光阴似箭 (time flies like an arrow).
Learn this in Lesson 162 · HSK 7–9: 抑郁症不是矫情 (Depression is not oversensitivity)
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