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虚度光阴

xū dù guāng yīn

4-character word Traditional 虛度光陰

What 虚度光阴 means

1. to waste time on worthless activities

The characters in 虚度光阴

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady

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