半旗
bàn qí
Pinyin

Definition

半旗
 - 
bàn qí
  1. half-mast
  2. half-staff

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
半
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
大半夜
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night
旗下
qí xià
  1. 1 under the banner of
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
上半年
shàng bàn nián
  1. 1 first half (of a year)
下半年
xià bàn nián
  1. 1 second half of the year
下半身
xià bàn shēn
  1. 1 lower half of one's body
  2. 2 Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
半价
bàn jià
  1. 1 half price
半场
bàn chǎng
  1. 1 half of a game or contest
  2. 2 half-court
半天
bàn tiān
  1. 1 half of the day
  2. 2 a long time
  3. 3 quite a while
  4. 4 midair
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
半岛
bàn dǎo
  1. 1 peninsula
半成品
bàn chéng pǐn
  1. 1 semi-manufactured goods
  2. 2 semifinished articles
  3. 3 semifinished products
半条命
bàn tiáo mìng
  1. 1 half a life
  2. 2 only half alive
  3. 3 barely alive
  4. 4 (scared, beaten etc) half to death
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
半决赛
bàn jué sài
  1. 1 semifinals
半生
bàn shēng
  1. 1 half a lifetime
半空
bàn kōng
  1. 1 midair

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
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
别树一旗
bié shù yī qí
  1. 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
  2. 2 to stand out
  3. 3 to develop one's own school
  4. 4 to have attitude of one's own
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
  1. 1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
摇旗呐喊
yáo qí nà hǎn
  1. 1 to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on
  2. 2 to give support to
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
旗帜鲜明
qí zhì xiān míng
  1. 1 to show one's colors
  2. 2 to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng
  1. 1 lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
  2. 2 success in a single move
旗鼓相当
qí gǔ xiāng dāng
  1. 1 lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
  2. 2 roughly comparable (opponents)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
  3. 3 a task is not done until it's done

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