一时半会儿 (一時半會兒)
yī shí bàn huì r5
Pinyin

Definition

一时半会儿 (一時半會兒)
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yī shí bàn huì r5
  1. a short time
  2. a little while

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

不是我的。但我好像在哪里见过这款纽扣。我，我一时半会儿想不起来 ......
bùshì wǒ de 。dàn wǒ hǎoxiàng zài nǎli jiàn guo zhè kuǎn niǔkòu 。wǒ ，wǒ yīshíbànhuǐr xiǎng bu qǐlai ......
It's not mine, but I think I've seen a button like this before. But I...I, for the moment I can't think of where...
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我们也就发发牢骚，我看这户籍制度一时半会儿废除不了。
wǒmen yě jiù fā fāláosāo ，wǒ kàn zhè hùjí zhì dù yìshíbànhuǐr fèichúbùliǎo 。
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