得过且过 — Chinese idiom
得过且过
dé guò qiě guò
Traditional: 得過且過
Meaning
- satisfied just to get through ; to muddle through
- without high ambitions, but getting by
Character by character
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 且qiěmoreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 优游自得 yōu yóu zì dé
- 动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 各得其所 gè dé qí suǒ
- 咎有应得 jiù yǒu yīng dé
- 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
- 因祸得福 yīn huò dé fú
- 失而复得 shī ér fù dé
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
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