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度日如年

dù rì rú nián

4-character word

What 度日如年 means

1. a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
2. time crawls when one is wretched

The characters in 度日如年

• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 对计算机人员来说，断网的时候度日如年。
  For computer people, days are like years without the internet.