度日如年 (dou6 jat6 jyu4 nin4 | du 4ri4 ru2 nian2) : every day that passes seems like a year; time transpires at a slow rate

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度日如年

dou6 jat6 jyu4 nin4

du 4ri4 ru2 nian2

every day that passes seems like a year; time transpires at a slow rate

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

度日如年

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度 dou6 dok6 dou2 - measure; rules; estimate; roughly
日 jat6 - sun; day
如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to
年 nin4 - year

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