上半
shàng bàn
Pinyin

Definition

上半
 - 
shàng bàn
  1. first half

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
半
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
  1. 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces

Sample Sentences

上半场球队本来一分落后，他上场以后，不止扳平比分，逆转超前，甚至变成大胜四分的屠杀！
shàngbànchǎng qiúduì běnlái yī fēn luòhòu ，tā shàngchǎng yǐhòu ，bùzhǐ bānpíngbǐfēn ，nìzhuǎn chāoqián ，shènzhì biànchéng dàshèng sì fēn de túshā ！
The team were trailing by a goal in the first half, but after he got on the pitch, he didn't just equalize, but also overtook from behind, slaughtering them with another four goals.
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吸气，上半身离开地板，手肘往内夹。
xīqì ，shàngbànshēn líkāi dìbǎn ，shǒuzhǒu wǎng nèi jiā 。
Breathe in, with the top of your body off the ground and push your elbows inwards.
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注意，是用你腹部的力量抬起上半身，不是用手，手只是帮助你的平衡。
zhùyì ，shì yòng nǐ fùbù de lìliang tái qǐ shàngbànshēn ，búshì yòng shǒu ，shǒu zhǐshì bāngzhù nǐ de pínghéng 。
Make sure that you're using your abdomen to hold the top half of your body up and not your hands, your hands are just to help you balance.
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好，三、二、一，手肘弯，上半身慢慢回到原来的位置，放松。
hǎo ，sān 、èr 、yī ，shǒuzhǒu wān ，shàngbànshēn mànmàn huí dào yuánlái de wèizhi ，fàngsōng 。
OK, three, two, one, twist your elbows, then return your upper body to its original position and relax.
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上半年的销售额累积起来，已经快完成全年的目标了。
shàngbànnián de xiāoshòu é lěijī qǐlái ，yǐjīng kuài wánchéng quánnián de mùbiāo le 。
The cumulative sales figure over the last 6 months has almost met the target for the entire year.
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老公，报纸上说“以房养老”会在2014年上半年开始试点。我不太明白，“以房养老”是什么意思啊？
lǎogōng ，bàozhǐ shàng shuō “yǐfángyǎnglǎo ”huì zài èrlíngyīsì nián shàngbànnián kāishǐ shìdiǎn 。wǒ bùtài míngbai ，“yǐfángyǎnglǎo ”shì shénme yìsi ā ？
Honey, it says in the newspaper that “using homes to take care of the elderly” will begin trials in the first half of 2014. I don't really understand. What does “using homes to take care of the elderly” mean?
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上半年的GDP上升了百分之七。
shàngbànnián de GDP shàngshēng le bǎifēnzhī qī 。
GDP increased by 7 percent in the first half of the year.
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国内房产当然不能做啦，但国外房产投资���在正当时。我上半年在加拿大买了两套公寓房，现在差不多升值百分之十左右。
guónèi fángchǎn dāngrán bùnéng zuò la ，dàn guówài fángchǎn tóuzī xiànzài zhèngdāngshí 。wǒ shàngbànnián zài Jiānádà mǎi le liǎng tào gōngyùfáng ，xiànzài chàbuduō shēngzhí bǎifēn zhī shí zuǒyòu 。
Of course you shouldn't invest in domestic housing. However, now is the right time to invest in international housing. I bought two condos in Canada in the first half of this year. They've already appreciated about 10%.
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上半年就换好了。
shàngbànnián jiù huàn hǎo le 。
All the new ones finished growing in in the last half year.
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