半辈子 (半輩子)
bàn bèi zi
Pinyin

Definition

半辈子 (半輩子)
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bàn bèi zi
  1. half of a lifetime

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
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
大半夜
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night

Idioms (20)

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
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive

Sample Sentences

请教不敢当。我这可是久病成良医啊！我股海浮沉了大半辈子了，光是投进去的老本就够我买好几套象样的公寓了。
qǐngjiào bù gǎndāng 。wǒ zhè kě shì jiǔ ā ！wǒ gǔ hǎi fúchén le dàbànbèizi le ，guāngshì tóu jìnqù de lǎoběn jiù gòu wǒ mǎi hǎojǐ tào xiàngyàng de gōngyù le 。
I don't dare to pretend I've got anything to teach you. Anything I've learned has been due to bitter mistakes in the past! I've been speculating on the stock market for over half my life. The capital I've invested alone would be enough to buy several decent apartments.
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今天一开盘是有点起色了。所以我说政府救股还是救得对，要不然怎么对得起我们这些大半辈子积蓄都投进去的小股民呢！
jīntiān yī kāi pán shì yǒudiǎnr qǐsè le 。suǒyǐ wǒ shuō zhèngfǔ jiù gǔ háishì jiù de duì ，yàoburán zěnme duìdeqǐ wǒmen zhèxiē dàbànbèizi jīxù dōu tóu jìnqù de xiǎo gǔmín ne ！
Things looked good when trading commenced. So I think the government were right to save the stock market, otherwise they would be letting down all the individual stock market investors who have invested half their live savings in it!
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