得过且过

Traditional form:

得過且過

Pinyin (reading):

déguòqiěguò

Definitions:

• satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through
• without high ambitions, but getting by

Characters:

• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 且 - moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through

Traditional characters:

• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 且 - moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through