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好過

简好过 · 繁好過

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo guò

to have an easy time
(feel) well

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across

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3–4 · hao3 guo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 gwo3

Cantonese word readings for 好過. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

well-off and comfortable
feeling comfortable; feeling good
(Cantonese, used after a predicate) had better; might as well (Used to indicate something is better and one might as well do it)

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