Wasted time
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Cu ō Tu ó sh í R ì, which means to waste time. It's from the second episode of the West Lake, the marriage of saxue hall by Zhou Ji of Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
It's a waste of time. It's a waste of time.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: wasted time antonym: every minute counts
The origin of Idioms
Zhou Ji of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the second episode of the West Lake: a good marriage in saxue Hall: "Lang Jun is ordered by zuntang to come to study far away, so we can't waste time."
Idiom explanation
Waste: time goes by in vain. Time is wasted. It's a waste of time.
Wasted time
with hair unshevelled and teeth incomplete - péng tóu lì chǐ
try every possible way to persuade sb - hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
stand on the edge of a pool and idly long for fish - lín chuān xiàn yú