过得
guò dé
Pinyin

Definition

过得
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guò dé
  1. How are you getting by?
  2. How's life?
  3. contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by
  4. tolerably well
  5. not too bad

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
不得不
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
不得了
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
使得
shǐ de
  1. 1 usable
  2. 2 workable
  3. 3 feasible
  4. 4 doable
  5. 5 to make
  6. 6 to cause
值得
zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
取得
qǔ dé
  1. 1 to acquire
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to obtain
得分
dé fēn
  1. 1 to score
得失
dé shī
  1. 1 gains and losses
  2. 2 success and failure
  3. 3 merits and demerits
得意
dé yì
  1. 1 proud of oneself
  2. 2 pleased with oneself
  3. 3 complacent
得瑟
dè se
  1. 1 (dialect) to be cocky
  2. 2 smug
  3. 3 to show off
得知
dé zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to learn about
得罪
dé zuì
  1. 1 to commit an offense
  2. 2 to violate the law
  3. 3 excuse me! (formal)
  4. 4 see also 得罪[dé zui]
心得
xīn dé
  1. 1 what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)
  2. 2 knowledge
  3. 3 insight
  4. 4 understanding
  5. 5 tips
  6. 6 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
怪不得
guài bu de
  1. 1 no wonder!
  2. 2 so that's why!
懂得
dǒng de
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to comprehend
舍得
shě de
  1. 1 to be willing to part with sth
晓得
xiǎo de
  1. 1 to know

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
  1. 1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
  1. 1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
  1. 1 to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
如鱼得水
rú yú dé shuǐ
  1. 1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
安闲自得
ān xián zì dé
  1. 1 feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
得不偿失
dé bù cháng shī
  1. 1 the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
得天独厚
dé tiān dú hòu
  1. 1 blessed by heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 enjoying exceptional advantages
  3. 3 favored by nature

Sample Sentences

嗨，別提了，整个假期都过得不尽兴。
hāi ，bié tí le ，zhěnggè jiàqī dōu guò de bù jìnxīng 。
Hi, don't bring it up. I wasn't really able to enjoy myself for the whole holiday.
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在我们的印象里，古人肯定在夏天比我们过得难受，因为他们既没有空调又没有风扇。
zài wǒmen de yìnxiàng lǐ ，gǔrén kěndìng zài xiàtiān bǐ wǒmen guòdé nánshòu ，yīnwèi tāmen jì méiyǒu kōngtiáo yòu méiyǒu fēngshàn 。
With neither air conditioners or fans, we imagine that ancient people must have a harder time in the unbearable summer heat.
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时间过得真快，冬天刚过去，夏天就要来了，一转眼就快要到五月了。
shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài ，dōngtiān gāng guòqù ，xiàtiān jiùyào lái le ，yīzhuǎnyǎn jiù kuài yào dào wǔyuè le 。
Time really flies, winter has just ended and summer is on its way already, in what seems like the blink of an eye it's already May.
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还过得去。
hái guòdeqù 。
We're doing ok.
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他是在父母的要求下结的婚，现在过得很不快乐。
tā shì zài fùmǔ de yāoqiú xià jié de hūn ，xiànzài guò de hěnbù kuàilè 。
He got married at his parent's request. Now he leads an unhappy life.
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我这个月过得很快乐。
wǒ zhè ge yuè guò de hěn kuàilè 。
I have had a really pleasant month.
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怎么一转眼又要过年了！感觉今年过得特别快。
zěnme yīzhuǎnyǎn yòu yào guònián le ！gǎnjué jīnnián guò de tèbié kuài 。
How is it Chinese New Year again already! It feels like this year has flown by.
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生活过得好了，人反而就迷惘了。我想我们父母那一代，靠劳力辛苦过日子的人，就没这个时间迷惘。
shēnghuó guò de hǎo le ，rén fǎnér jiù míwǎng le 。wǒ xiǎng wǒmen fùmǔ nà yī dài ，kào láolì xīnkǔ guò rìzi de rén ，jiù méi zhè ge shíjiān míwǎng 。
When getting on well in life, one often becomes bewildered. When I think of our parent's generation, the people that had to get on by working laboriously hard, they just didn't have the time to be uncertain.
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