蹉跎 cuōtuó

cuōtuó verb to waste time; to take a wrong step in life
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time

Contained in

• 年已蹉跎 the years have already gone by; to be too old
• 日月蹉跎 the years have slipped by

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 《足部》 Zú Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 2
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 卷一百八十六下 列傳第一百三十六下: 酷吏下 Volume 186 Biographies 136: Cruel Officials 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 卷第十五 九懷 Chapter 15: Nine Regrets Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 1
• 卷四十　　列傳第二十八:　韓麒麟 程駿 李彪 高道悅 甄琛 張纂 高聰 Volume 40 Biographies 28: Han Qilin, Cheng Jun, Li Biao, Gao Daoyue, Zhen Chen, Zhangzuan, Gao Cong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 阪蹉跎 (阪蹉跎) 中阪蹉跎 — Songs of Chu 楚辭, 卷第十五 九懷 Chapter 15: Nine Regrets — count: 3