fritter away one's time

fritter away one's time

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w á NSU ì K à IR ì, which means to spend time in leisure. It comes from Zuo Zhuan Zhao ad.

Idiom usage

To know your Majesty's ambition, you must be more aggressive in order to achieve success by taking revenge and opening up the land instead of playing with the time.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: play with time, play with time, play with the moon

The origin of Idioms

"Zuo Zhuan · Zhao A.D.": Zhao Meng is going to die, governing the people, playing with the year and the day. What is the relationship between Zhao Meng and geometry

Idiom explanation

愒: waste. It refers to the desire for comfort and idleness.