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HSK
half a year
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *半* | 半* | *半
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
HSK 1
midnight / in the middle of the night
HSK 2
semifinals
HSK 6
half of a game or contest / half-court
HSK 7-9
peninsula
HSK 7-9
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
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
(idiom) half true and half false
HSK 7-9
half the number; half
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway
half a dozen
in midair / in the air
semiconductor
half-moon / fortnight
radius
half price
translucent / semitransparent
half of sth
half (of sth) / halfway through
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
half of sth / one side of sth
half of the day / a long time / quite a while
semicircle
a little bit
Pinellia ternata
half of a lifetime
the least bit
midair
to not fully understand / to only partly understand
half squat
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
semicircular
part work, part study / work-study program
half-length photo or portrait / bust
more than half
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
semicolonial
Centaurus (constellation)
semifeudal
semi-manufactured goods / semifinished articles / semifinished products
fortnightly / twice a month
half-price ticket / half fare
half-life
cysteine (Cys), an amino acid / mercaptoethyl amine
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
half a lifetime
semiliterate
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
half-open door / fig. prostitute
semifluid
half hour
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
(coll.) half
semicivilized
partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work
to not fully understand (idiom)
paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia
semiofficial
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
hemisphere
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
dabbler / smatterer / tactless and impulsive person
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
middle / halfway
semi-tenant peasant / semi-owner peasant
semitone
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
middle / halfway
incomplete / unfinished
half-naked
shallow / not thorough / superficial
part-time work
half-mast / half-staff
half-awake / half-asleep
mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
fifty (years of age)
galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar
half visual field
semilunar valve (anatomy)
semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
meniscus (anatomy)
centaur (mythology)
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
semimembranosus (anatomy)
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
half-track (vehicle with wheels at the front and continuous tracks in the rear)
galactosemia
semiconservative replication
half bridge (electronics)

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