消磨時間

消磨时间
xiāomóshíjiān
to kill time

CEDICT

Examples

有些人為了消磨時間而讀書。

Some read books to kill time.

Some people read books to kill time.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 消磨 xiāomó
  1. to wear down
  2. to sap
  3. to whittle away
  4. to while away
  5. to idle away
2 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time