行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 一半 yī bàn half syn 一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn 出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products) 半辈子 半輩子 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime syn 曲线 曲線 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking 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 带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct 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 退路 tuì lù a way out / a way to retreat / leeway 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 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn 半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth 半价 半價 bàn jià half price 生产线 生產線 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent 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 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 半截 bàn jié half (of sth) / halfway through syn 逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half 王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn 过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent / more than half syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 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 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 控制线 控制線 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 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 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 底边 底邊 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt) 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 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn 曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 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 半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 半年 bàn nián half a year 站队 站隊 zhàn duì to line up / to stand in line / (fig.) to take sides / to side with sb / to align oneself with a faction syn 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 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 沿路 yán lù along the way / on the way / area beside a road 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 活路 huó lù through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence 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 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 线图 線圖 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 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- 逐行扫描 逐行掃描 zhú háng sǎo miáo line by line scanning / progressive scanning 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 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 补给线 supply line / line of supply 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 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 