较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble 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 欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn 半生不熟 bàn shēng bù shóu underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting syn 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit / latrine syn 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 火塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 半载 半載 bàn zǎi half a year 半 bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half syn 窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn 睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic) 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 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 半数 半數 bàn shù half the number / half syn 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts 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 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) 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 井下 jǐng xià underground / in the pit (mining) 半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court 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 明末 míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk 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 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle 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 参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn 中点 中點 zhōng diǎn midpoint / half-way point syn 将信将疑 將信將疑 jiāng xìn jiāng yí half believing, half doubting / skeptical syn 无底洞 無底洞 wú dǐ dòng bottomless pit 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur syn 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell 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 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 矿场 礦場 kuàng chǎng a mine / pit 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass 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 采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry 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- 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life 对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double 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) 蝮蛇 fù shé Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper 十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit 半打 bàn dá half a dozen 矿车 礦車 kuàng chē miner's cart / pit truck 半载 半載 bàn zài half load 半轴 半軸 bàn zhóu semiaxis / half axle 半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff 半票 bàn piào half-price ticket / half fare 白花蛇 bái huā shé long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) 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 陷坑 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap 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 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] 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 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 瓜皮帽 guā pí mào Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon syn 探井 tàn jǐng (mining) test pit / exploratory shaft / test well 