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"half arch" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
半拱 bàn gǒng semiarch / half arch
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一半 yī bàn half syn
半辈子 半輩子 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime 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
迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn
半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
大半 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely 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
半数 半數 bàn shù half the number / half syn
半生 bàn shēng half a lifetime syn
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
半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth
半价 半價 bàn jià half price
减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn
参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn
死对头 死對頭 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy / sworn enemy syn
死敌 死敵 sǐ dí mortal enemy / arch-enemy syn
半截 bàn jié half (of sth) / halfway through syn
斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half
过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent / more than half syn
对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì (idiom) to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions syn
中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line
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
拱形 gǒng xíng arch syn
一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur syn
半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn
下半年 xià bàn nián second half of the year
牌坊 pái fāng memorial arch
半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí half doubting / dubious / skeptical syn
半生不熟 bàn shēng bù shóu underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting syn
花枪 花槍 huā qiāng short spear (arch.) / fig. trickery syn
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
凯旋门 凱旋門 kǎi xuán mén triumphal arch
二心 èr xīn disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity syn
上半年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year)
中点 中點 zhōng diǎn midpoint / half-way point syn
拱桥 拱橋 gǒng qiáo arch bridge
暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
脚心 腳心 jiǎo xīn arch of the foot
半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life
半年 bàn nián half a year
良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) syn
十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth
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
另一半 lìng yī bàn other half / (fig.) spouse / one's better half
半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn
一年半 yī nián bàn a year and a half
半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court
明末 míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century
欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn
星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn
半响 半響 bàn xiǎng half the day / a long time / quite a while
半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
将信将疑 將信將疑 jiāng xìn jiāng yí half believing, half doubting / skeptical 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
娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn
六点半 六點半 liù diǎn bàn half past six / 6:30
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
蒙胧 矇矓 méng lóng drowsy / half-asleep / half sleeping, half waking syn
事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn twice the effort for half the result syn
半拉 bàn lǎ (coll.) half syn
半世纪 半世紀 bàn shì jì half century
隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
交变 交變 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation
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
异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
半打 bàn dá half a dozen
赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
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
弓背 gōng bèi to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward)
半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff
半 bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half syn
郎 láng (arch.) minister / official / noun prefix denoting function or status / a youth syn
吊 弔 diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] syn
弓 gōng a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) syn
拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched syn
褶 xí (arch.) court dress syn
半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust
蛊 蠱 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
荧 熒 yíng a glimmer / glimmering / twinkling / fluorescence / phosphorescence / perplexed / dazzled and confused / planet Mars (arch.)
荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn
溏 táng half congealed / pond
半票 bàn piào half-price ticket / half fare
前半夜 qián bàn yè first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) 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
上半夜 shàng bàn yè first half of the night / time before midnight syn
下半旗 xià bàn qí half mast / half staff
甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
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
夹生 夾生 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5] syn
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]
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
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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