半老徐娘
bàn lǎo Xú niáng
Pinyin
Definition
半老徐娘
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- middle-aged but still attractive woman
- lady of a certain age
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 half
- 1 half
- 2 semi-
- 3 incomplete
- 4 (after a number) and a half
- 1 midnight
- 2 in the middle of the night
- 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- 2 old (of people)
- 3 venerable (person)
- 4 experienced
- 5 of long standing
- 6 always
- 7 all the time
- 8 of the past
- 9 very
- 10 outdated
- 11 (of meat etc) tough
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
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一鳞半爪
- 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces