yìng fu guò qudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to muddle through
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Original source entry:

應付過去 应付过去 [ying4 fu5 guo4 qu5] /to muddle through/

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Other forms in these source records: 應付過去

  • 应
    yīng

    to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall

    yìng

    to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with

    Yīng

    surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Yìng]

  • 付
    fù

    to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things

    Fù

    surname Fu

  • 过
    guò

    to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

    guo

    (experienced action marker)

    Guō

    surname Guo

  • 去
    qù

    to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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