1 old variant of 深[shēn]

1 variant: 夜 yè

1 half

2 semi-

3 incomplete

4 (after a number) and a half

1 nighttime

2 evening or night (e.g. classes)

1 to change or replace

2 to experience

3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided

4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise

1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge

2 dilettante

3 amateur

1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces

1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results

2 a stitch in time saves nine

1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)