spend months and years(qióng nián lěi shì)

spend months and years

Poverty is a Chinese idiom, pronounced Qi ó ngni á NL ě ISH ì, which describes a long time. From Xunzi, honor and disgrace.

explain

It's a long time.

source

"Xunzi · honor and Disgrace": "however, it is human's feeling that we have been living in poverty for many years, and we don't know what we are short of."

Chinese PinYin : qióng nián lěi shì