半条命 (半條命)
bàn tiáo mìng
Pinyin
Definition
半条命 (半條命)
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- half a life
- only half alive
- barely alive
- (scared, beaten etc) half to death
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一命呜呼
- 1 to die (idiom)
- 2 to breathe one's last
- 3 to give up the ghost
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
一鳞半爪
- 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
事半功倍
- 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