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"half a century" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
半个世纪 半個世紀 bàn ge shì jì half a century
Chinese Pinyin Translation
半表半里 半表半裡 bàn biǎo bàn lǐ half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn
蒙胧 矇矓 méng lóng drowsy / half-asleep / half sleeping, half waking syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
另一半 lìng yī bàn other half / (fig.) spouse / one's better half
半数 半數 bàn shù half the number / half syn
半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn
将信将疑 將信將疑 jiāng xìn jiāng yí half believing, half doubting / skeptical syn
腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short
对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn
半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff
半票 bàn piào half-price ticket / half fare
半 bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half syn
下半旗 xià bàn qí half mast / half staff
夹生饭 夾生飯 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù half willing and half unwilling (idiom) / to yield after making a show of resistance
草率收兵 cǎo shuài shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
草草收兵 cǎo cǎo shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
半梦半醒 半夢半醒 bàn mèng bàn xǐng half-awake / half-asleep
半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ (idiom) half true and half false
半开半关 半開半關 bàn kāi bàn guān half-open, half closed
羊怪 yáng guài faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology
半信半疑 bàn xìn - bàn yí (idiom) half believing, half doubting / not quite convinced / skeptical syn
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn
明末 míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century
半世纪 半世紀 bàn shì jì half century
后半叶 後半葉 hòu bàn yè latter half (of a decade, century etc)
明初 míng chū the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
漢末魏初 汉末魏初 hàn mò wèi chū late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
汉末魏初 漢末魏初 hàn mò wèi chū late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
新世纪 新世紀 xīn shì jì 21st century / New Century (commonly used name)
尼雅 ní yǎ Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
一半 yī bàn half syn
半年 bàn nián half a year
半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth
上半年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year)
下半年 xià bàn nián second half of the year
大半 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely syn
半小时 半小時 bàn xiǎo shí half hour
半晌 bàn shǎng half of the day / a long time / quite a while syn
半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight
迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn
中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line
敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by syn
过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent / more than half syn
半截 bàn jié half (of sth) / halfway through syn
半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth
事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
半价 半價 bàn jià half price
一年半 yī nián bàn a year and a half
减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn
斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half
半生 bàn shēng half a lifetime syn
半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí half doubting / dubious / skeptical syn
半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn
欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn
半响 半響 bàn xiǎng half the day / a long time / quite a while
中点 中點 zhōng diǎn midpoint / half-way point syn
一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur syn
半辈子 半輩子 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime syn
青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
三心二意 sān xīn èr yì in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying syn
六点半 六點半 liù diǎn bàn half past six / 6:30
敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì (idiom) to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions syn
半生不熟 bàn shēng bù shóu underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting syn
事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn twice the effort for half the result syn
二心 èr xīn disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity syn
半拉 bàn lǎ (coll.) half syn
隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life
交变 交變 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation
异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit
半打 bàn dá half a dozen
半载 半載 bàn zài half load
半载 半載 bàn zǎi half a year
半轴 半軸 bàn zhóu semiaxis / half axle
藏头露尾 藏頭露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi to hide the head and show the tail (idiom) / to give a partial account / half-truths syn
敷衍塞责 敷衍塞責 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job / to work half-heartedly / not to take the job seriously syn
夹生 夾生 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5] syn
半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust
上半夜 shàng bàn yè first half of the night / time before midnight syn
前半夜 qián bàn yè first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) syn
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn
折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price syn
瓜皮帽 guā pí mào Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon syn
璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with
甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
溏 táng half congealed / pond
龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute
睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
詖 bì a half-truth / flatter
断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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