事倍功半
shì bèi gōng bàn
Pinyin

Definition

事倍功半
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shì bèi gōng bàn
  1. twice the effort for half the result

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
事业
shì yè
  1. 1 undertaking
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  5. 5 publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  6. 6 career
  7. 7 occupation
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè
功能
gōng néng
  1. 1 function
  2. 2 capability

Idioms (20)

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
不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén
  1. 1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense

Sample Sentences

要么恶性循环，要么事倍功半。
yàome èxìngxúnhuán ，yàome shìbèigōngbàn 。
It is either a negative feedback loop (a vicious cycle), or getting half of the results from twice the effort.
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倒也不是，我的厨房还是很欢迎你们的，哈哈。他就是不靠谱，好不容易厨房里可以有人搭把手，结果反而事倍功半，还不如我一个人来得有效率呢。
dào yě bùshì ，wǒ de chúfáng háishì hěn huānyíng nǐmen de ，hāhā 。tā jiù shì bù kàopǔ ，hǎobùróngyì chúfáng lǐ kěyǐ yǒurén dā bǎ shǒu ，jiéguǒ fǎnér shì bèigōng bàn ，hái bùrú wǒ yī ge rén lái de yǒu xiàolǜ ne 。
It's not like that, you are still very welcome in my kitchen, ha ha. He's just a liability. The rare occasion I get someone to lend a hand in the kitchen, and my efficiency ends up getting halved. I'm more efficient working on my own.
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