半生
bàn shēng
Pinyin

Definition

半生
 - 
bàn shēng
  1. half a lifetime

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
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

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
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
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
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

Sample Sentences

我？得了吧！我一个女人，要建也只能建一座贞节牌坊，还得牺牲老公和后半生的幸福。
wǒ ？déleba ！wǒ yī gè nǚrén ，yào jiàn yě zhǐnéng jiàn yī zuò zhēnjié páifāng ，hái děi xīshēng lǎogōng hé hòubànshēn de xìngfú 。
Me? No way! I'm a woman. I'd only be able to put up a chastity arch. Plus I'd have to sacrifice my husband and the happiness of the second half of my life.
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你问我爱你值不值得，其实你应该知道，爱就是不问值得不值得。---- 出自张爱玲的小说《 半生缘 》。
nǐ wèn wǒ ài nǐ zhí bu zhíde ，qíshí nǐ yīnggāi zhīdào ，ài jiùshì bù wèn zhíde bù zhíde 。---- chū zì Zhāng Àilíng de xiǎoshuō 《 Bànshēngyuán 》。
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