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过得去

/ guò de qù /
Strokes

Definition

lit. can pass through (an opening)/fig. can get by (in life)/tolerably well/not too bad/How are you getting by?/How's life?

Example

As a Verb

able to pass; able to go/get through

1
Yòngbuzháo
用不着
ràngkāi
让开
  
,
xiǎng
gānghǎo
刚好
guòde
过得去
  

Don't bother to move. I think I can just brush past.

2
Mén
zhǎi
  
,
gāngqín
钢琴
guòde
过得去
  

The piano can get/go through because the door is not narrow in the least.

As a Verb

get by; manage

3
Yǒu
le
zhèxiē
这些
shōu
收入
  
,
de
shēnghuó
生活
biàn
便
guòde
过得去
le
  

She can get by on such an income.

4
妻子
duōshǎo
多少
zhēng
diǎnr  
点儿
qián
  
,
de
shēnghuó
生活
hái
miǎnqiǎng
勉强
guòde
过得去
  

He managed on the meagre income his wife earned.

5
de
gōngzuò
工作
jìnzhǎn
进展
如何
  
?
Hái
guòde
过得去
  
,
xièxie
谢谢
  

‘How's your work going?' ‘Just muddling along, thanks.'

6
Jìnlái
近来
hǎo
ma
  
?
Miǎnqiǎng
勉强
guòde
过得去
  

‘How've you been?' ‘Just managing.'

As a Verb

get by; be passable

7
de
yīng
英语
hu
马马虎虎
hái
guòde
过得去
  

She speaks passable/passing English.

8
de
gōngzuò
工作
hái
guòde
过得去
  
,
dàn
hái
de
gǎijìn
改进
  

Your work will get by, but you have to improve it.

As a Verb

feel at ease

9
Ràng
děng
le
zhème
这么
cháng
shíjiān
时间
  
,
xīnli
心里
zěn
néng
guòde
过得去
ne
  
?

I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting so long.

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