多半
duō bàn
Pinyin

Definition

多半
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duō bàn
  1. most
  2. mostly
  3. most likely

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

半
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
多
duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at 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
不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
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

Sample Sentences

其实啊，中国女性真正经济人格独立的屈指可数。在痛苦不堪的婚姻下她们多半还是会选择默默忍受。
qíshí ā ，Zhōngguó nǚxìng zhēnzhèng jīngjì réngé dúlì de qūzhǐkěshǔ 。zài tòngkǔ bùkān de hūnyīn xià tāmen duōbàn háishì huì xuǎnzé mòmò rěnshòu 。
Actually, you can count on your fingers the number of Chinese women who are financially and emotionally independent. However miserable their marriages, most of them still choose to put up with it in silence.
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漂亮？这些多半是我的学生写的，我的字可不会这么随随便便挂出来给人家看。
piàoliang ？zhèxiē duōbàn shì wǒ de xuésheng xiě de ，wǒ de zì kě búhuì zhème suísuíbiànbiàn guà chūlái gěi rénjiā kàn 。
Beautiful? Most of these were drawn by my students. I wouldn't just hang my own characters up like this for any Tom, Dick or Harry to see.
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人生烦恼不外乎感情、事业、家庭、人际关系，看你衣着打扮，走路的仪态，事业跟家庭多半可以处理得很好，人际关系也不该困扰你，从面相上来看，你的颧骨高，个性强、有主见，感情上可能比较辛苦…
rénshēng fánnǎo bùwàihū feelings 、shìyè 、jiātíng 、rénjìguānxi ，kàn nǐ yīzhuó dǎbàn ，zǒu lù de yítài ，shìyè gēn jiātíng duōbàn kěyǐ chǔlǐ de hěn hǎo ，rénjìguānxi yě bù gāi kùnrǎo nǐ ，cóng miànxiàng shàng lái kàn ，nǐ de quángǔ gāo ，gèxìng qiáng 、yǒuzhǔjiàn ，feelings shàng kěnéng bǐjiào xīnkǔ …
Troubles seldom deviate from love, work, family and networking. Judging from your clothes and your gait, you can handle your professional life and your family well enough and networking likely isn't an issue for you. From your face, I would say that given your high cheekbones you have a strong personality and that your quite opinionated, which would make your love life quite difficult...
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哎！要说可怜，这些摆摊的人真够可怜的！多半都是农民工，背井离乡不说，还处处遭人白眼。干的都是最苦最累最脏的活儿，得到的报酬却少得可怜。
āi ！yào shuō kělián ，zhèxiē bǎitān de rén zhēn gòu kělián de ！duōbàn dōu shì nóngmíngōng ，bèijǐnglíxiāng bùshuō ，hái chùchù zāo rén báiyǎn 。gàn de dōu shì zuì kǔ zuì lèi zuì zāng de huór ，dédào de bàochou què shǎo de kělián 。
Agh! If you want to talk about having it rough, these vendors have it the worst of all! Most of them are probably migrant workers. Not only did they have to leave their hometowns, they're looked down upon everywhere they go. They do the most difficult, tiring and dirtiest jobs of all, and yet they get the least in return for it.
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那些政府高官的学历多半也是假的。动不动就什么什么博士的，很多都是在职进修的，他们有那么多时间攻读博士学位吗？国家要是从上到下查一下，保准有一大批官员落马。
nàxiē zhèngfǔ gāoguān de xuélì duōbàn yě shì jiǎde 。dòngbudòng jiù shénme shénme bóshì de ，hěn duō dōu shì zàizhí jìnxiū de ，tāmen yǒu nàme duō shíjiān gōngdú bóshì xuéwèi ma ？guójiā yàoshì cóngshàngdàoxià chá yīxià ，bǎozhǔn yǒu yīdàpī guānyuán luòmǎ 。
Most of those high-level officials' education experience is fake too. Every single one seems to have a doctorate, but a lot of them got it while on the job. Do they really have that much time to work seriously on a doctorate? If the country did a full-scale examination, I guarantee a ton of high-level officials would fall.
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