荒年废月
[huāng nián fèi yuè]
Literally meaning wasteland years, ruined months,'Wasted Years and Abandoned Months' depicts desolate, barren, and neglected days/epochs/eras that were unproductive or marked by decay. This can symbolically stand for personal hard times when nothing seemed to bloom or prosper in one's journey and there is an overall sense of abandonment and stagnation.