度日

dùrì
  1. to pass one's days
  2. to scratch out a difficult, meager existence

CEDICT

to live one's life; to eke out an existence; to pass the day; to get along; to pass one's days

Wiktionary

过日子、过生活。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 度 dù
  1. to pass
  2. to spend (time)
  3. measure
  4. limit
  5. extent
  6. degree of intensity
  7. degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. kilowatt-hour
  9. classifier for events and occurrences
2 日 rì
  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month

Containing this entry

度日如年 dùrìrúnián
  1. a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
  2. time crawls when one is wretched

Related entries

过日子 guòrìzi
  1. to live one's life
  2. to pass one's days
  3. to get along
Dan离开了Linda，因为已经没法和她一起过日子了。

Dan left Linda when life became unbearable with her.

Source: Tatoeba