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1 satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through

2 without high ambitions, but getting by

1 to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)

1 to meet with great difficulties but pull through

1 to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner)

2 to be unable to make a living

1 transitional

2 bridging

1 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī

2 duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]

1 sb or sth detested by all

2 target of scorn

3 anathema

4 cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ]

1 preinitiation

1 lit. can pass through (an opening)

2 fig. can get by (in life)

3 tolerably well

4 not too bad

5 How are you getting by?

6 How's life?

1 transient

1 Chinese New Year

1 anyhow

2 in any event

3 just

4 only

1 a passer-by

1 unable to defeat

2 to be no match for sb

1 peroxide

1 to feel very apologetic

1 lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)

2 fig. you can't put it off forever

3 sooner or later you'll have to deal with it

1 lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fàn Gōng chēng], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty

1 overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)

1 hay fever