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  1. 失足跌倒比喻失意楚辭·王襃·九懷·》:蹉跎。」

  2. 虛度光陰文選·阮籍·詠懷》:娛樂終極白日蹉跎。」·莫是長安行樂歲月蹉跎。」

(literary)​ to slip, (of looks etc)​ to fade away, (of time)​ to slip away, to squander (time, opportunities)​, to dillydally
perdre son temps, gâcher sa vie