the days and months are slipping by , wasted
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is R ì Yu è Cu ō Tu ó, which means to waste time. From yonghuai.
Idiom explanation
Waste: time goes by in vain.
The origin of Idioms
The poem of yonghuai by Ruan Ji of Jin Dynasty: "entertainment is not the end, but the day is wasted."
Idiom usage
It means to waste time. He is the only one who can make an outsider. He can't give up but can't run. He can't be an old man when he's wasting his time. The first book of emperor shangxiaozong by Chen Liang of Song Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : rì yuè cuō tuó
the days and months are slipping by , wasted
touch gold and turn it into iron -- miscorrect a piece of writing. diǎn jīn chéng tiě
undertake to do a difficult job as best one can. miǎn wéi qí nán