tuo2
to stumble; to waste time

strokes 12
radical
strokes after radical 5
蹉跎 蹉跎 cuo1 tuo2
wasted time; to take a wrong step in life

年已蹉跎 年已蹉跎 nian2 yi3 cuo1 tuo2
the years slip away; fig. the inexorable passage of time; already too old

日月蹉跎 日月蹉跎 ri4 yue4 cuo1 tuo2
days and months slip away; fig. the inexorable passage of time