半死
bàn sǐ
Pinyin
Definition
半死
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- half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
- (tired) to death
- (terrified) out of one's wits
- (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
- (knock) the daylights out of sb
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
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
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
Sample Sentences
还有通宵打牌搓麻将。难得放回假,轻松没捞到,还累了个半死,真划不来!
Also, there's playing cards and mahjong all night. It's not an easy vacation. There's no time to relax. It's so exhausting that it almost kills you. It's really not worth it!