消磨时间消磨時間

xiāo mó shí jiān

Meaning

to kill time

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Characters

消xiāonews, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish氵肖磨mómillstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out麻石时shítime, season; period, era, age日寸间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality门日

Examples

我试着消磨时间。

wǒ shì zhe xiāo mó shí jiān。

I was trying to kill time.