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"half-grown beans" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
豏 xiàn half-grown beans / variant of 餡|馅[xian4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一半 yī bàn half syn
半辈子 半輩子 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime syn
成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year 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
咖啡豆 kā fēi dòu coffee beans
土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn
露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild 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
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
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
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
五谷 五穀 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley syn
如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì lit. like a tiger that has grown wings / with redoubled power (idiom) 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
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
毛豆 máo dòu immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod syn
半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life
半年 bàn nián half a year
青稞 qīng kē highland barley (grown in Tibet and Qinghai) / qingke barley syn
豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk 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
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
碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu
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-
试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis
空巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
八宝粥 八寶粥 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
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
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
半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff
半 bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half syn
薰 xūn sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin syn
半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust
蓉 róng paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc / used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
溏 táng half congealed / pond
半票 bàn piào half-price ticket / half fare
河蚌 hé bàng mussels / bivalves grown in rivers and lakes syn
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)
藿 huò Lophanthus rugosus / beans syn
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
茴香豆 huí xiāng dòu star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
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
瓜皮帽 guā pí mào Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon syn
菜牛 cài niú beef cattle (grown for meat)
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
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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