度过 (dù guò) — to spend (a period of time); to get through, to survive (a difficult period)
Definition
度过 means 'to spend / get through' a stretch of time (a holiday, a year, a crisis). It focuses on living through the period, not on how you spend it — pair with 度过 + time phrase, not with an activity object.
verb
to spend (a period of time)to get throughto survive (a difficult period)
Examples
- 度过。Tā zài guó wài dù guò le èr shí nián.He spent twenty years abroad.
- 度过。Zhè ge jià qī wǒ men dǎ suàn zài hǎi biān dù guò.We plan to spend this holiday by the seaside.
- ，度过。Zài dà jiā de bāng zhù xià, tā jiān nán dì dù guò le zhè cì wēi jī.With everyone's help, he barely got through this crisis.
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