idiom > let time slip by without accomplishing anything
Wasted years
Explanation: Wasted: time in vain in the past. Delayed past the time in vain. Refers to waste time. Usage: Partial official; as predicate, object; containing derogatory, to describe waste time Source: Jin Ji "Chanting": "East is not the ultimate mistake, the day not wasted." Examples: If I can not retaliate died, buried Tao Bao Long family, died in vain ~ a feather. (Ming Zhang Fengyi "king granted after filling Gardening clothing")
Passage of time while doing nothing to describe the waste of time, idle away
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OF: Pass over the Publisher: Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House Publication date: 2008-3-1 Pages: 417 Folio: 16 open Paper: off_set_ paper ISBN: 9787530648216 Packing: Paperback Price: ¥ 37.80
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The young generation is educated youth who sweat and tears, bitterness and hardship, hope and longing, writing in the wasted years. Introduction This is a young life through knowledge and love of the description of the novel trying lashing reactionary family origin. Story takes place between 1970 and 1976. During this period, China's changing political situation, the fate of each person are like a wind storm in the wind in the boat, suddenly sink suddenly floating, I do not know where to sail. At this historical background, origin, regardless of the bad life of the educated youth Kebi boat trials and heavy political pressure, remains firmly attached, in the face of adversity in the onslaught, the mountain people of his Chaduiluohu explore resources, the establishment of a small hydropower station. Sense of his character and situation of women from families of military dry Du educated youth see the spring, had his shirt and even sympathy. But the reactionary theory of bloodlines to the DU, see the spring spirit laid the gap, so that she Kebi boat pure pursuit of love before the mood of the step; soon, Mrs see Chun's father was labeled a "capitalist roader", the face of the political status of the dramatic changes, Du see the spring soul withstand a harsh baptism. After her father was rehabilitated, she was persistent in love with Kebi boat. S main line through the story, demonstrating the different types, different origins and attitudes of young love, which depicts the different ideals of these young people and the pursuit of a piece of living increase that time to draw a vivid picture of political customs. Youth always explore their own way, young men and women get along with and always want to have love. What exactly should take the road of life? Exactly what _set_ the standard for love? This book is to give people enlightenment. Nearly 30 years, "wasted years" of a printed book and then printed, there have been more than a dozen versions, printing dozens edition. Become a valuable regular sales of best sellers. "Wasted years" words, but also has become a people who suffered that particular synonym's educated youth.
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Directory Preface: the eternal youth of River Flow Wasted years A Postscript Postscript II: on the "wasted years" A reader asked Postscript III: Writing "wasted years" of the day Postscript four: two decades of wasted Village
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Media Reviews
May Pass over in front of peers and readers, always remain "mystery" the same state. - Jiang Zilong It is said that the educated youth is the most fortunate generation, because the experience of educated youth is rare, absurd, later this thing will not happen. And it is nostalgia in remote mountain villages, dense woods, rolling the heavy rainy season and day to day farm work, to the educated youth are good, will, morality, conscience, nurtured, so that they understand the community and give them an honest good heart and chic heritage. It was mud brought to them. - Yunnan educated youth Generation of educated youth is the throes of years, when the total was recalled with mixed feelings in those days, when someone fell in tears when reflecting upon life. So, the total age of the dead there are things worth treasuring. - Fujian educated youth The young generation is educated youth who sweat and tears, bitterness and hardship, hope and longing, writing in the wasted years. - Pass over
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Extract
A Zhou and Du Ke Bi see spring is in the most casual knowledge of the case. Flying cicada song like the sound of the tide, Ke Bi boat as if they met his old classmates Xie Nankang, he assigned the import and export company in Shanghai, crafts, day after day, over the "so every day" life, boring , boring, static, such as stagnant water. He wanted to change this life, but can not always overcome their weaknesses, their own feel ashamed for themselves to forgive himself, and he used to live that way, and often find their own reasons for their comfort. Listening to birds chirp sound of Jicha gone, the tide-like cicadas stopped, Ke Bi boat no perception, he was immersed in the joy of learning how to forget all their own, and his hair is long enough to have half an inch , should have been handled, but can not think of a reason to go management; his foot in the red mud, soaked in the tub to take off the shoes inside, did not expect to wash. Who played for the patch covered with mud ideas underwear, originally planned to clean off today. Also he forgot. Play only in the thick barrier walls of stem opened a window on the already darkened hut, the house light light weak to only identify the handwriting on white paper, he has no feeling. Original, or a sunny morning, at the moment, the rain had nearly half an hour under the rain child playing outdoors in the collective corn leaves, "Dada" ringing, Ke Bi boat did not even hear. Britain on the mountain until Zhaiwai harsh hoist a flash of fire, followed by an earth-shattering emergency mine "Rumble" begins, the boat was only scared Kebi looked up, looked out the window to the small. Embedded in the thick walls of glass windows, a few crooked rain pouring down to the small share; near the hillside, whip fence rod, wire grass, grass fence are gently wind and rain, tear, to the side of the skew in the past. Zhaiwai the Tin Par, the tight weave of the cage as the rain from the mist nets. Collective outdoors under the eaves, roof drip of water splashed into the gutters to go. Noisy sound of rain and the water was too noisy. Kebi the boat Evans was interrupted. He reluctantly sighed, rubbed his eyes a little bit fat, used to look up, looking at the yellow mud on the wall close to the piece of white paper, white paper, with a brush dipped in red ink written on two lines of Emotion powerful words: "Do not be discouraged, always dry; but can not afford to be complacent, still always hard." These two words, apparently his motto, Ke Bi breath boat was about to be buried head, ears and heard a few "off the Tuk Tuk fall" Qing Xiang, he immediately stood up and shot another, alert, looking at the thatched roof shop. Chaduilahu year and a half, whenever it rains, all the knowledge of the hours of restless young people, especially the undercurrent of this mountain belt, has been more than two months without rain, a sudden heavy rainfall in the first, non-thatch roof is not leaking, Sure enough, he lost in one, several plastic sheeting spread on the educated youth canopy. Have sounded the leak ticking sound. Kebi boat stood up, carefully looked into, there is no flow phenomena, such as injection, okay, Erotic thatch roof rake up a bit, the rain was not missed last year so much, Ke Bi Zhou and concerns from the gutters dug around the hut to a, long time no rain gutters of dead wood, debris did not dig too thin, the water is blocked, and a block, water inundated, saturated walls, but must collapse, he's listening to the breath that "crashed" the sound of water, nodded silently said to himself, listening to complain gutters or smooth. Ear to listen is when the boat Kebi collective foot outdoor mud came the "Para Para" sound, Ke Bi boat originally thought it was a passer-by, did not care, did not expect, footsteps sound to the entrance of collective households roof down, could hear, "wheezes," the panting sound. Perhaps the same household "fast feet" equatorial city back. Ke Bi Zhou Ancun, waiting for the sound of the door was open. But the door did not move, obviously, not Su Daocheng back, standing outside the door, it is a rain shelter when people encounter. Think of a very narrow eaves of collective households, could not hide such a big storm, the boat decided to go to a shelter Kebi open the door and let him into the room to sit. Come from the boys bedroom Kebi stove boat house, is going to open the door, "bang" sound, the door was pushed. Kebi boat was taken aback, looked intently, but made him dumbfounded, I do not know what to say. There stood a tall stature, large body length, a tiger girl, she was covered in the rain all wet, water dripping in dark hair shining light, light blue poplin shirt, close to the slightly uplift of the chest, a green grass skirt, straight under the water dripping, a deduction of black nylon stockings and white shoes, covered with mud ideas to Pakistan at the feet wet. The girl also looked at the youth room: two to three months did not care for your hair, a thin black and red face, depression boring. The depths of depression to look a little eye socket, meditation camel looked at people. He was in the tall, gifted with a dementia phase, wearing a dirty girls can not understand the complement of Palestinian children clothes, standing in the mud barefoot on the board, in general, handsome young man is very attractive, can be just this, not only did not Jiaoren attention, do have the write pool. "Why do not you call me into the house," the girl spoke, his voice surprisingly pleasant brighter, Ke Bi boat feel, collective households two female youth, no one's voice will be like him nicely, even count myself as a woman bent treble singer Huawen Wen, nor compared with her. Aggressive tone of the girl, called Ke Bi boat I do not know how to deal with, and he stammered: "You come in and sit down, I was going to open it," His voice deep and dull, making the girl struggled blinked his eyes, listens to understand, clear reciting his smile, while walking into the kitchen house, the side said: "Yeah my heart is in wonder to see the door was unlocked, the house seems to be someone, and can be ze ears to hear, strange little sound was not, indeed a Mende you live in one, there are other people? " Kebi boat shook his head. He listened carefully to this moment, the girl's voice just like glass and metal marbles thrown into the voice sounded the same time, very nice. The girl went to the central housing to hand pull off a bench to sit down, Yang Zhelian asked, "have a light? You are burning coal or firewood?" "Cooking is coal." Kebi boat wake up to answer with a little, looked at her wet dress, said: "I get you wood, burn pile, or, you baked!" Then he turned the corner rope to dry wood. Moments, work, Ke Bi boat house at the stove warming himself in the pits in the central winter a fire burned, the fire burned very affordable him, sort of a small flame, lit in bright red, the black sheep firewood, piled Block as small pagoda. Blinking girl, intently watching his every move, his face showing a look of curiosity shares. See the fire up, she happily sat beside the fire pit, his hands twitched poplin shirt, with the lifted skirt, get a baked flat. Roasted on fire, the girl turned up eyes, glancing at him several times, and immediately found each other lag dark complexion, she tilted a little skirt, looking at the Ke Bi Zhou Q: "Are you sick?" "No" "Then how do you preoccupied?" Ke Bi Zhou a wry smile, do not answer. House door wide open kitchen, beans heavy rain Click to play outside in the mud hut, wipe mud splashes drops of water, wet the two wooden boards Zi, under the torrential rain continues. Skirt first dried, and the girl asked: "Do you have a fan do?" "Yes." Ke Bi took the boat to his bedside and handed her the black folding fan, folding fan girl open, glanced at, laughed and said: "Oh, you call Kebi boat, weird name, my name is Elsie see spring, you heard it?" "No" See Chun Du fan her face, a question: "Do you have a few educated youth collective household?" "Six" "Several girls?" "Two." "What is the name of two girls?" "Tang Huijuan and Huawen Wen." "Hey, this person really makes you strange, like a Suanpan Zhu Zhu, call wave, and move on, I ask a question, you answer one. Can not say more point situation?" Ke Bi Zhou a hand spread out, "About what?" "What you name the four South Educated Youth?" "I am one, also called Su Daocheng, among the children; another tempest bursts, officers came, and the fourth is called Xiao Yongchuan called ... ... ... ..." "Thief?" Kebi boat a bit tightly shut mouth, nodded his head. "You're being a little laugh at me, saying that those boys when, and why it should be reported to family background?" Du see Spring "patter" to exert oneself in the name of the fan, hearty smile, "Ha ha, I'm not carry out his movement, to row, from left, center and right front of Class. " Ke Bi stirred up the boat's brow a liter of seconds, Bijin of the tongue, not Hangqi children. See Chun Du aware Kebi boat unhappy face, and concealment of the change the subject said: "Tell me, educated youth and labor six diligent you do? Team good or bad impression of you? Last year, the value of each working day a lot of money? Educated youth youth to self-sufficiency it? Spare you doing?" See the face of the spring bombard Du made a string of problems, Ke Bi Zhou Zou brow in order one by one moved a left hand right hand fingers, one by one brief answer: "We all labor, others are not diligent and hard working I do not know, I was every day, and labor, unless the illness, in addition to Xiaoyong Chuan team a little disgust, others seem to have better Hex Tandao each working day last year, work every day, barely self-sufficient. spare time to do all the sense. " See Chun Du sparkling eyes staring at Kebi ecstatic boat, listen carefully, see that he answered the, she smiled and said bluntly: "You're selfish, hard working people are not diligent you do not know? Lives in a hut Well, spare the trunk each, have to do some sand it?" "Stopping by the flatterer, erhu, and smoking, open book. Consequently there." "What about you, doing?" Du eyes see the spring at him relentlessly, looking at Kebi boat are some alarmed. He avoids the scorching his eye, Nana said: "What I am, I do not Gansha ... ..." "Lying, Sunday you do not hurry around, hiding in the house definitely something." Chun Du see sharply, said: "that you doing?" "I write something ... ... I am learning. I do not know how to engage in, mixed with the pressed in her trial, the Kebi boat had to speak truthfully, to outburst, his face, embarrassed red. Chun Du see two flashing light eyebrows a bit: "write about something?" "Fiction" "Really?" Du great interest to see the spring raised eyebrows, "You'd really have the will, written in what is fiction, can I look?" Ke Bi Zhou Zhang De Crimson's face flushed, in order to cover up their uneasy, he reached for a few firewood, hum and haw, saying: "Can not show people, not give You see, I did not finish ... ... ... ... plus a few firewood, you're baked ... ..." "Not with that." Folding away the spring, see Du, friendly and said: "Look, my dress is done, the small fire and baked enough socks." Ke Bi hectic to put away the boat fuel, and looking up, are waiting till the spring, see Du Shining sultry pair of eyes. He looked frankly, freely, the first time into the collective household, actually the same as if in their own homes, talk with Kebi boat, also known for years as if the students, frank is amazing. The flash of a bright fire, her cheeks puffing two Red Cloud, smooth red forehead, Qin with a few crystal beads of sweat. Kebi boat looked away thoughtfully, looking at the corner house, placed there with a big bucket, a pair of buckets, which is the collective household appliances, the public, he stood up, walked into boys bedroom, open the wooden box to find out a new blue white striped towels, out of the basin, scoop some water, said: "You wash your face!" Chun Du see smiling, apparently with the meaning of gratitude, saying: "Thank you. You do not ask me." Then, she licked his lips. Kebi boat looked fine look, then he noticed her lips a bit dry and slightly thick, mouth taste side Nalv ironic laugh lines, then the obvious tilt. He ducked their heads out of the house went to a white enamel mug, pour a glass of water, wash hands straining see Chun Du, said: "I did not tea, you drink plain water it!" Alice Du see a spring mouth, smiling, nodding straight: "drinking water is also very good, thank you, thank you!" Pour the wash water, see Chun Du porting mug "Gudonggudong" drink two ports, cursory catch his breath, she was obviously very thirsty, and see Kebi boat attentively looked at her, her Mama Zui angle, said sigh : "The water is so sweet" Kebi boat the first time since she entered the room and smiled slightly. Chun Du see that his face looks rough boat to see some scary Kebi smile, very moving, and she looked at him explore the mix, with a tone of persuasion, said: "Free the wash clothes, a haircut. You guys are slackers." Kebi boat blush to the neck root, hung his head sheepishly, surprisingly, her face unveiled was short, he was not angry. Contrary, it sincere nod. Yes it seems little more rain, The rain just did not like the "Da Dada" hit the ground straight ring. Roof water can also weaken the "rushing" DC's momentum, Ke Bi boat reckoned the time dusk, he turned and looked outside the front door to the fear of the educated youth of five to hurry around at the moment to return to the collective family to see him, and a relative sitting the girl, that is more embarrassing, ah, he was looking forward to the rain stop soon, Du dried the clothes have to go see the spring. Du did not expect to see the spring go, she took the concerns of a young girl in the forward Cou Cou Q: "Tell me, how do you go to the countryside?" "Me?" Kebi boat startled hesitated and stammered: "You, you want me to tell lies, or truth?" "Of course the truth Lo!" DU, see the spring with a great tone of surprise, said: "Are people still lie than hear?" Kebi boat some uncomfortable, and he mechanically and bit Yeah, that sounds dry and dull: "I can not just go to the countryside ... ..." "What?" Exclaimed Elsie, see the spring, sharp voice interrupted his call to the Buddist: "You do not consciously mountains and the countryside in revolution, re-education by poor peasants in the past? Ah, you people are really behind, really behind! " Kebi boat was two words hurt the heart, and he closed the Bi Yanjing, slightly nodding admitted: "Yes, I'm behind, I was behind." DU Chun dismay widened see a pair of twinkling eyes, staring straight Lengleng De Ke Bi boat, as if a psychological to see him go, Ke Bi boat without any hint of the answer, obviously makes her be suspicious, she slowed down a tone, bifurcated On topic, said: "I was asked to the countryside to proactive. You think about it, the magnificent mountains to the countryside movement surging sea of red flags, the crowd farewell, looking forward to the smiling faces, change the world, the lofty responsibilities of building the motherland, a generation of revolutionary youth , can remain unmoved? can stand outside the trend of the times? No, absolutely not, we must join in this great revolution, dip an oil, roll a mud, sweat and transform their world outlook with the work, so the new era Portland. our young lives that a small drop, the import flood times, so, although I fully qualified the city to stay, I _set_tled into the cottage to check the team. " Du think they see the Spring some impassioned words that can move Kebi new boat, which boat that Kebi half closed eyes, she spoke, one after another turned to the door look twice. Du see this spring by his contemptuous attitude angered, she mug to a resting heavily on the bench, "call |" to look at stand up, said: "Thank you, I'm gone." Only his eyes wide open Kebi boat, agreed and said: "The rain has stopped."
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TV wasted years
Abstract: One summer day in 1970, Walled Lake undercurrent brigade collective household production team, only one in the buried boat Kebi writing his novel "The day that" all other Shanghai is speeding to the educated youth. A sudden downpour put a tall long body, full of life girl sent Kebi boat before - she is here by chance ran to shelter, Ming Jiaodu see the spring. See Chun Du graceful asked this question on that, Ke Bi boat to answer timidly. Parting, he can not even see the spring which asked Du educated youth brigade. Whammy, Ke Bi boat by a group of rogue unprovoked beating of the meal, preparing for the next four-year cost of fifty dollars was taken away. This does not say that, soon after a storm, Ke Bi heroes cattle boat fell off a cliff, a serious fracture of the thigh, on the bedridden end of the twelfth lunar month. Battalion of the Chairman of the poor mountain Shao Zhou received the Kebi home, his daughter, well-cared Kebi Shaoyu Rong Zhou's injury, so the first time in three years to jump the queue to enjoy the "human" treatment, so much moved. Yurong work in the county Bureau of Meteorology think likewise enlighten uncle Shao Ke Bi boat, helped him to heal the spiritual wounds, so that from the depressing mood Huan Yu widow freed. The spring of 1971, Ke Bi boat put forward a proposed small hydropower stations in Walled Lake in the mass meeting on the proposal to pass. Ke Bi Zhou newspaper that the country now compare the raw materials shortage of paper, to propose that all over the mountain "August Bamboo" timely cut down and shipped out of the mountains outside the county to sell paper mill, and then return for investors to invest in small hydroelectric power stations. Boat into the county team assigned to contact Kebi matter. Now, almost the entire lake Village's members are recognized Kebi boat people is a rare good youth, the feelings in the world Shao Yurong, from the boat on the Kebi mercy, compassion, concern, familiarity, turn to slide back into love Luo network, and sink deep roots. A bolt, the positive root seedlings of red spring when the fate of DU see major changes have taken place. Her father is classified as overnight, slipping through the net of the capitalist roaders, and then they labeled a "black Fangongdaosuan Gan", "restoration mad," "traitor" and a big hat Dingding. County Office and the Admissions Office to cancel the educated youth of the DU see spring as a "workers, peasants and students" eligible for admission to college, the county's mass dictatorship of the teams also raided the quarters Du see the spring, will all her daily necessities are chopped too pulpy. See Chun Du risen up against the dictatorship of the captain was knocked unconscious with an iron bar of white bark on the ground. Wound had been a nightmare when the boat Kebi inexorably come to DU and see the head of the spring, this positive, lofty spirit of self-confidence of the girls suddenly to the brink of collapse. At the critical moment, but also Shao Yurong to take care of her and beating her was circumstantial evidence was material to the county. White bark Naken let go, with people once again see the spring come to the trouble of DU, in the way and Shao Yurong quitting. Yurong Du, see the spring with which to protect the management and strive to resist and was hit head with an iron bar of white bark, miserable died. Ke Bi Mind boat suffered another hit, lose. The end of 1976, the father of Elsie see injustice really spring to rehabilitated, see Chun Du a letter to his father in public her affair with Kebi boat. Right on cue, the veteran of why her daughter fell in love with a "history of counter-revolutionary" baffled generations, so pick up a pen to have served as brigade Party branch secretary of Shao Shan wrote, asked in detail about the political boat Kebi performance. Kebi boat heard the news, worried. Shortly later, Mrs see the boat go hand in hand back to spring and Kebi Shanghai to visit relatives. At home, see the spring with his mother Elsie, brother to whether it should be married to a "counter-revolutionary history," the descendants of the problem had a heated argument. Finally, the mother had to give way to say I agreed to meet Kebi boat. See spring Gege Du Du see win stymied, the first step to find Kebi boat, warning him not to Mai Rudu home threshold. Ke Bi Zhou face of so many rivals, and consciously dream too hard, a few days alone _set_ foot on the train back to Guizhou. At the moment the train is about to start, see Chun Du flying into the station, jump on the train. Her affectionate tears boat to Kebi announced: We will always be together.
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TV drama "wasted years" - the theme song
Song title: "a memorable song" Words: Pass over Song: Yellow quasi- Lyrics: Days of his youth like a river, Ah come together to form the river years of song. Song, A depression of the song, Cemented in a sweat, and tears song Is so much depression and depressed. Song, A perk of the song, Wasted years of pursuit of a song Longing and yearning for so much. Song, A deep feeling of the song, It struck a chord of a song, Is so much happiness and joy. Song, A progressive song, Spectrum into a high-pitched melodies of the songs, Hopes and dreams are so many. Days of his youth like a river, Ah come together to form the river years of song.
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Idioms
Idioms Pinyin Name wasted years idiom interpretation cuō tuó suì yuè wasted: time in vain in the past. Delayed past the time in vain. Refers to waste time. Ji Jin idioms Source "Chanting" poem: "Entertainment is not the ultimate, the day suddenly wasted." Listen if I can not retaliate with death, buried the dragon house leopard Tao, the years wasted in vain for a dead feather. ★ Ming Zhang Fengyi "king granted after filling Gardening clothing"
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English Expression
n.: let time slip by without accomplishing anything, idly away one's time
Thesaurus
time flies like an arrow, idle time, Dent to increase (cost, trouble, age, etc.) without gaining advantage of any kind, Dent spindling, Sui Yuecuotuo, loaf, to have spent one's best years without any acheievements, Konghao time
Antonym Group
dedicate oneself completely to the welfare of mankind, until my heart stops beating, Death and then have