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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
midnight / in the middle of the night
HSK 2
semifinals
HSK 6
half the number; half
HSK 7-9
peninsula
HSK 7-9
half of a game or contest / half-court
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 sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
semitone
upper jacket
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
half-price ticket / half fare
semicolonial
half of sth / one side of sth
semiaxis / half axle
semicircle
semiconductor
semiofficial
semiarch / half arch
half a lifetime
Pinellia ternata
fifty (years of age)
half of sth
half (of sth) / halfway through
half-moon / fortnight
hemisphere
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
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
semiliterate
semifeudal
half the day / a long time / quite a while
half-mast / half-staff
(physics) half-life
dabbler / smatterer / tactless and impulsive person
semiconservative replication
semilunar valve (anatomy)
(coll.) half
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
incomplete / unfinished
half-awake / half-asleep
paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia
half of the day / a long time / quite a while
a little bit
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
half-naked
(anatomy) semicircular canal
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar
radius
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
cysteine (Cys), an amino acid / mercaptoethyl amine
semi-tenant peasant / semi-owner peasant
half-length photo or portrait / bust
half hour
shallow / not thorough / superficial
half squat
International School of the Penninsula
centaur (mythology)
half-day (or double-shift) school
semiautomatic
half-naked
middle / halfway
half of a lifetime
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
translucent / semitransparent
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
semicircular
demigod
Centaurus (constellation)
half a year
half load
galactosemia
part work, part study / work-study program
teenage boy; adolescent boy
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work
semiconductor detector
archaeological site near Xi'an
day care
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
semimembranosus (anatomy)
semiovert / more or less open
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy

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