说得过去 / 說得過去

shuō​de​guò​qù

reasonable

to be justifiable, acceptable, or make sense logically

shuō​de​guò​qu

说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to explain 得 (literal) → 得 · de · [potential] 过去 (literal) → 过去/過去 · guò​qù · to go over

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM

说得过去 / 說得過去

shuō​de​guò​qù

passable

just good enough; satisfactory though not perfect

shuō​de​guò​qu

说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to explain 得 (literal) → 得 · de · [potential] 过去 (literal) → 过去/過去 · guò​qù · to go over

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM