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過得

简过得 · 繁過得

Mandarin · pinyin guò dé

How are you getting by?
How's life?
contraction of 過得去, can get by
tolerably well
not too bad

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過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across

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4–2 · guo4 de2

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