半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
Pinyin
Definition
半推半就
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- half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 at once
- 2 right away
- 3 only
- 4 just (emphasis)
- 5 as early as
- 6 already
- 7 as soon as
- 8 then
- 9 in that case
- 10 as many as
- 11 even if
- 12 to approach
- 13 to move towards
- 14 to undertake
- 15 to engage in
- 16 to suffer
- 17 subjected to
- 18 to accomplish
- 19 to take advantage of
- 20 to go with (of foods)
- 21 with regard to
- 22 concerning
- 1 accomplishment
- 2 success
- 3 achievement
- 4 classifier: 个 gè
- 5 to achieve (a result)
- 6 to create
- 7 to bring about
- 1 to recommend
- 2 recommendation
- 1 half
- 1 half
- 2 semi-
- 3 incomplete
- 4 (after a number) and a half
Idioms (20)
一切就绪
- 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
- 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- 2 dilettante
- 3 amateur
一蹴而就
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight
一鳞半爪
- 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces