等待是一场无声的溃烂
[dĕng dài shì yī chăng wú shēng de kuì làn]
The metaphorical expression '等待是一场无声的溃烂' (waiting is a silent deterioration/rotting) poignantly describes waiting as a slowly painful process that eats away at one silently and insidiously, suggesting the anguish involved when one has no control over outcomes during the passage of time.