虚度光阴 meaning in English
loaf [idle; fool; dream] away one's time; dawdle away one's time; fiddle about doing nothing; fiddle away time; lead an idle life; loiter the hours away; pass one's life in a good-for-nothing way; waste the precious time
Examples
- Do n't trifle away your time .
不要虚度光阴。 - Do n't loaf away your time .
别虚度光阴。 - Don't loaf away your time .
别虚度光阴。 - Naturally, hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day .
几乎没有一个人能天天如此虚度光阴。 - My summer holidays were a complete waste of time
（我的暑假完全是虚度光阴。