得过且过

dé guò qiě guò

to muddle along with no ambition

Character by character

得dé
can

过guò
get by

且qiě
then just

过guò
get by

他对工作没有热情，每天得过且过。

He has no passion for the job and just muddles through each day.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Learn this in Lesson 29 · HSK 5–6: 996、内卷与躺平 (Overwork, involution and lying flat)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.