度日如年 dù rì rú nián

a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 26745th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
度 dù HSK 4
degree (angles, temperature etc); degree of intensity
日 rì HSK 2
day; date, day of the month; sun
如 rú HSK 3
as; such as; as if
年 nián HSK 1
year; grain; harvest (old)