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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「度日如年」. Details below.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「度日如年」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

A day seems as long as a year. Used to describe that life is very difficult.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dù rì rú nián

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou6 yat6 yu4 nin4

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