"unfinished" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
烂尾爛尾	làn wěi		(of a construction project etc) unfinished / derailed (due to critical setbacks)
未了	wèi liǎo		unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
未成	wèi chéng		incomplete / unfinished
未竟	wèi jìng		unfinished / incomplete
半半拉拉	bàn bàn lā lā		incomplete / unfinished	syn
未结束未結束	wèi jié shù		unfinished / unresolved
余留餘留	yú liú		remainder / fractional part (after the decimal point) / unfinished

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
期房	qī fáng		forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
半途而废半途而廢	bàn tú ér fèi		to give up halfway (idiom) / leave sth unfinished	syn
后钩後鉤	hòu gōu		(dialect) unfinished business / trailing sound
余留事务餘留事務	yú liú shì wù		unfinished business
拉后钩儿拉後鉤儿	lā hòu gōu r		(dialect) to leave unfinished business
大头小尾大頭小尾	dà tóu xiǎo wěi		(idiom) It describes something done energetically at first but pursued less seriously later, ultimately remaining unfinished.
东观续史東觀續史	dōng guān xù shǐ		(idiom) Originally, the expression referred to Ban Zhao’s completion of the historical work left unfinished by her brother Ban Gu.
为山九仞，功亏一篑	wéi shān jiǔ rèn，gōng kuī yī kuì		(idiom) To fail at the very last moment after nearly completing a task. Describes a project that remains unfinished because of one final missing effort.
余霞散绮	yú xiá sàn qǐ		(idiom) Often describes an ending that retains an implicit, unfinished meaning. It can also describe a landscape with hazy colors at sunset.
半上落下	bàn shàng luò xià		(idiom) Means to give up halfway or leave something unfinished.
父析子荷	fù xī zǐ hé		(idiom) The father splits the firewood and the son carries it. It metaphorically describes descendants continuing an unfinished undertaking begun by their forebears.
良工不示人以朴	liáng gōng bù shì rén yǐ pǔ		(idiom) A master craftsman does not show others an unfinished piece of material.

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