得过且过 (得過且過)
dé guò qiě guò
Pinyin

Definition

得过且过 (得過且過)
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dé guò qiě guò
  1. satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through
  2. without high ambitions, but getting by

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
记得
jì de
  1. 1 to remember

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.

Sample Sentences

嗯，我们公司的外国员工就更守时，工作效率也更高，他们认为，浪费时间就是浪费生命，对中国人的得过且过很不能理解。
ng4 ，wǒmen gōngsī de wàiguó yuángōng jiù gèng shǒushí ，gōngzuò xiàolǜ yě gèng gāo ，tāmen rènwéi ，làngfèi shíjiān jiùshì làngfèi shēngmìng ，duì Zhōngguórén de déguòqiěguò hěn bùněng lǐjiě 。
Yes, the foreign employees in our company are very punctual and efficient in their work. They feel that wasting time is like wasting their lives and don't understand the Chinese way of muddling through.
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