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"only half alive" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
Chinese Pinyin Translation
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
半表半里 半表半裡 bàn biǎo bàn lǐ half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) syn
长生禄位 長生祿位 cháng shēng lù wèi tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created)
参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn
蒙胧 矇矓 méng lóng drowsy / half-asleep / half sleeping, half waking syn
除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn
要死不活 yào sǐ bù huó half dead / more dead than alive 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
半数 半數 bàn shù half the number / half syn
半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court
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
将信将疑 將信將疑 jiāng xìn jiāng yí half believing, half doubting / skeptical 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
对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
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
半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff
半票 bàn piào half-price ticket / half fare
半 bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half 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]
半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù half willing and half unwilling (idiom) / to yield after making a show of resistance
草率收兵 cǎo shuài shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
草草收兵 cǎo cǎo shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
半梦半醒 半夢半醒 bàn mèng bàn xǐng half-awake / half-asleep
半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ (idiom) half true and half false
半开半关 半開半關 bàn kāi bàn guān half-open, half closed
羊怪 yáng guài faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology
半信半疑 bàn xìn - bàn yí (idiom) half believing, half doubting / not quite convinced / skeptical syn
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious 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
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhǎo lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces syn
仅仅 僅僅 jǐn jǐn barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) syn
不光 bù guāng not the only one / not only syn
仅次于 僅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ... syn
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique syn
只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need / it only takes
不二法门 不二法門 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take syn
临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment syn
呗 唄 bei modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way syn
业精于勤 業精於勤 yè jīng yú qín mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
略识之无 略識之無 lüè shí zhī wú semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only 之[zhi1] and 無|无[wu2] syn
偷鸡不成蚀把米 偷雞不成蝕把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
仅听到 僅聽到 heard only / H only
非你莫属 非你莫屬 fēi nǐ mò shǔ it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
唯二 wéi èr (slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two / (of two things) the only two
活活 huó huó while still alive / simply / totally syn
在 zài to exist / to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) syn
在世 zài shì to be alive syn
生还 生還 shēng huán to return alive / to survive syn
活着 活著 huó zhe alive syn
死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn
活捉 huó zhuō to capture alive syn
生擒 shēng qín to capture alive syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
活埋 huó mái to bury alive syn
九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn
殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn
活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship syn
人间地狱 人間地獄 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom) / suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time syn
焚书坑儒 焚書坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])
虽死犹生 雖死猶生 suī sǐ yóu shēng lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom) / still with us in spirit
阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
坑杀 坑殺 kēng shā to bury alive / to ensnare
殉死 xùn sǐ to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)
蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life)
灵床 靈床 líng chuáng bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive
儿童生存方桉 兒童生存方案 Child Alive programme
春光乍泄 chūn guāng zhà xiè spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom) / to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear)
冤家宜解不宜结 冤家宜解不宜結 yuān jiā yí jiě bù yí jié It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)
健在 jiàn zài (of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact / holding up OK / still going strong syn
生祠 shēng cí temple dedicated to sb still alive
留活口 liú huó kǒu to capture alive a criminal (or enemy etc) for interrogation / (of a perpetrator) to let a witness live
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
半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight
中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line
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
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
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
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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