事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
Pinyin

Definition

事半功倍
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shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. a stitch in time saves nine

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

其实我真的觉得，兴趣是最好的老师，有兴趣地学习，事半功倍。
qíshí wǒ zhēnde juéde ，xìngqù shì zuìhǎo de lǎoshī ，yǒu xìngqù de xuéxí ，shìbàngōngbèi 。
Actually I really think interest is the greatest teacher, being interested in studying, you get twice the effect from the same amount of work.
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