半瓶醋
bàn píng cù
Pinyin

Definition

半瓶醋
 - 
bàn píng cù
  1. dabbler
  2. dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert

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
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (19)

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
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
  1. 1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance

Sample Sentences

对啊,这半瓶醋是哪门子的领导!
duì a ,zhè bànpíngcù shì nǎménzi de lǐngdǎo !
Exactly! What kind of leader is this dabbler?
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