那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn 听 yǐn smile (archaic) syn 干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 一半 yī bàn half syn 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 半辈子 半輩子 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime syn 瞎子 xiā zi blind person syn 盲目 máng mù blind / blindly / ignorant / lacking understanding syn 盲人 máng rén blind person syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness 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 死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn 视而不见 視而不見 shì ér bù jiàn (idiom) to turn a blind eye to / to ignore 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 百叶窗 百葉窗 bǎi yè chuāng shutter / blind 半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth 半价 半價 bàn jià half price 盲点 盲點 máng diǎn blind spot 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess 瞎眼 xiā yǎn to be blind syn 省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn 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 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 半截 bàn jié half (of sth) / halfway through syn 天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn 斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half 造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn 过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent / more than half syn 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 古旧 古舊 gǔ jiù archaic syn 对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 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 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur syn 盲区 盲區 máng qū blind spot 歌女 gē nǚ female singer (archaic) 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn 下半年 xià bàn nián second half of the year 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 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 栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account 令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token 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 二心 èr xīn disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity syn 上半年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year) 大宝 大寶 dà bǎo (archaic) throne syn 中点 中點 zhōng diǎn midpoint / half-way point syn 左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life 半年 bàn nián half a year 理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit 半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth 情色 qíng sè erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic) 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 我等 wǒ děng we / us (archaic) 另一半 lìng yī bàn other half / (fig.) spouse / one's better half 半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all 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 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn 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 戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment 朝朝 zhāo zhāo every day (archaic) 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 卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind 离世 離世 lí shì (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away 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 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 导盲犬 導盲犬 dǎo máng quǎn guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 