半月刊
bàn yuè kān
Pinyin

Definition

半月刊
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bàn yuè kān
  1. fortnightly
  2. twice a month

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī bàn
  1. 1 half
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 轮 lún
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time

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
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

就算是半月刊,一年也不到五百块。
jiùsuàn shì bànyuèkān ,yī nián yě bù dào wǔbǎi kuài 。
Even if it's bi-monthly, one year wouldn't be more than 500 kuai.
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