dé guò qiě guò

Traditional: 得過且過

得过且过 (dé guò qiě guò) is a Chinese word meaning “satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through; without high ambitions, but getting by”.

Meanings

  1. 1satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through
  2. 2without high ambitions, but getting by

Characters in 得过且过

得dé · to obtain过guò · to cross且qiě · and过guò · to cross

Related words

过to cross过(experienced action marker)过surname Guo得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...不过only而且(not only ...) but also过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]

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