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得過且過
简 得过且过 · 繁 得過且過Mandarin · pinyin dé guò qiě guò
Meanings
- satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through
- without high ambitions, but getting by
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2–4–3–4 · de2 guo4 qie3 guo4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dak1 gwo3 ce2 gwo3
Cantonese word readings for 得過且過. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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dak1 gwo3 ce2 gwo3
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to muddle along; to drift along; to be perfunctory with one's work; to get by however one can
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