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  *半* | 半* | *半
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
HSK 1
half a year
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
half
HSK 1
midnight / in the middle of the night
HSK 2
most / mostly / most likely
HSK 6
semifinals
HSK 6
peninsula
HSK 7-9
half of a game or contest / half-court
HSK 7-9
over fifty percent / more than half
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
HSK 7-9
(idiom) half true and half false
HSK 7-9
half the number; half
HSK 7-9
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
radius
the middle of the night
half-price ticket / half fare
semicircle
semiconductor
to reduce by half
half of sth / one side of sth
Northern Hemisphere
half a lifetime
Pinellia ternata
half of sth
dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
Southern Hemisphere
half (of sth) / halfway through
in the dead of night (idiom)
midnight
half-moon / fortnight
hemisphere
half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb
a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part
half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally
halfway / midway
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
the first half (of a period)
half the day / a long time / quite a while
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely
half-mast / half-staff
half-life
dabbler / smatterer / tactless and impulsive person
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
just the tiniest bit / a hint of
(coll.) half
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
to reduce by fifty percent / half-price
half-awake / half-asleep
paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia
(idiom) a short time; a little while
(idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews
half of the day / a long time / quite a while
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
a little bit
(idiom) a son or daughter; a child
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
middle / halfway
lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom) / fig. to change one's career; to take up a new line of work or specialization; to enter a profession from a different background
a short time / a little while
incomplete / unfinished
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces
half-naked
(anatomy) semicircular canal
a short time / a little while
second half
first half
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
15th of the month
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
the upper body
fifty (years of age)
galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar
second half of the year
first half (of a year)
second half of a game or contest
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
first half of a game or contest
cysteine (Cys), an amino acid / mercaptoethyl amine
semi-tenant peasant / semi-owner peasant
half-length photo or portrait / bust
half hour
half squat
lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
centaur (mythology)
Western Hemisphere
half-day (or double-shift) school
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
semiautomatic

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