"半……半……" meaning in Chinese

See 半……半…… in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 半……半……
  1. Used before two words or morphemes with opposite meanings: half …, half … Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 半……不…… (bàn bù)
    Sense id: en-半……半……-zh-phrase-POWAnf3I Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "半……半……",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ],
            [
              15,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "half literary, half vernacular",
          "roman": "bànwénbànbái",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半文半白",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "underfed; half-starving",
          "roman": "bànjībànbǎo",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半饑半飽",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
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              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              1
            ],
            [
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "underfed; half-starving",
          "roman": "bànjībànbǎo",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半饥半饱",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to accept while pretending to refuse",
          "roman": "bàntuībànjiù",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半推半就",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ],
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "half-believing, half-doubting",
          "roman": "bànxìnbànyí",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半信半疑",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used before two words or morphemes with opposite meanings: half …, half …"
      ],
      "id": "en-半……半……-zh-phrase-POWAnf3I",
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "bàn bù",
          "word": "半……不……"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn bàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn...bàn..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn bàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pan⁴ pan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn bàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bann bann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "banʹ banʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бань бань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "半……半……"
}
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "半……半……",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 半",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
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              0,
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            ],
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              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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            ],
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            ]
          ],
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              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "half literary, half vernacular",
          "roman": "bànwénbànbái",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半文半白",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              0,
              3
            ],
            [
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              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "underfed; half-starving",
          "roman": "bànjībànbǎo",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半饑半飽",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "underfed; half-starving",
          "roman": "bànjībànbǎo",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半饥半饱",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to accept while pretending to refuse",
          "roman": "bàntuībànjiù",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半推半就",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              0,
              5
            ],
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              0,
              3
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              6,
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            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ],
            [
              2,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "half-believing, half-doubting",
          "roman": "bànxìnbànyí",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "半信半疑",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used before two words or morphemes with opposite meanings: half …, half …"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn bàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn...bàn..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn bàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pan⁴ pan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàn bàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bann bann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "banʹ banʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бань бань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bàn bù",
      "word": "半……不……"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半……半……"
}

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