半载
bàn zǎi
Pinyin

Definition

半载
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bàn zǎi
  1. half a year
半载
 - 
bàn zài
  1. half load

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
半
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
上半年
shàng bàn nián
  1. 1 first half (of a year)
下半年
xià bàn nián
  1. 1 second half of the year
半价
bàn jià
  1. 1 half price
半场
bàn chǎng
  1. 1 half of a game or contest
  2. 2 half-court
半天
bàn tiān
  1. 1 half of the day
  2. 2 a long time
  3. 3 quite a while
  4. 4 midair
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
半岛
bàn dǎo
  1. 1 peninsula
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
半决赛
bàn jué sài
  1. 1 semifinals
半生
bàn shēng
  1. 1 half a lifetime
半路
bàn lù
  1. 1 halfway
  2. 2 midway
  3. 3 on the way
半辈子
bàn bèi zi
  1. 1 half of a lifetime
半点
bàn diǎn
  1. 1 the least bit
多半
duō bàn
  1. 1 most
  2. 2 mostly
  3. 3 most likely
夜半
yè bàn
  1. 1 midnight
大半
dà bàn
  1. 1 more than half
  2. 2 greater part
  3. 3 most
  4. 4 probably
  5. 5 most likely
大半夜
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night

Idioms (14)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
  1. 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
  1. 1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
  3. 3 a task is not done until it's done
话不投机半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
  1. 1 when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè
  1. 1 lit. the black sky of midnight
  2. 2 very late at night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那你冷静，你给分析分析为什么男人出轨的几率那么高？过去说七年之痒，如今一年半载就开始“痒”了。
nà nǐ lěngjìng ，nǐ gěi fēnxi fēnxi wèishénme nánrén chūguǐ de jīlǜ nàme gāo ？guòqù shuō qīniánzhīyǎng ，rújīn yīniánbànzǎi jiù kāishǐ “yǎng ”le 。
If you're so cool and collected, can you analyze for me why men cheat at a higher rate? They used to talk about the "seven-year itch", now people start "itching" after about a year.
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哈哈，其实我什么计划也没有，我这次还真是豁出去了。也许逃到某个小岛上去，躲个一年半载的，思考一下"人生的意义"到底是什么。
hāhā ，qíshí wǒ shénme jìhuà yěméiyǒu ，wǒ zhè cì hái zhēn shì huòchūqù le 。yěxǔ táodào mǒuge xiǎo dǎo shàngqu ，duǒ gè yīniánbànzǎi de ，sīkǎo yīxià "rénshēng de yìyì "dàodǐ shì shénme 。
Haha, I actually don't have a plan at all. I really went for it this time. Perhaps i'll escape to some tiny island and hide there for a year or so and really ponder over what the "meaning of life" really is.
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大哥，中国有九亿农民，提高文化水平也不是一年半载的事。而且你怎么知道外国农民有文化？
dàgē ，Zhōngguó yǒu jiǔ yì nóngmín ，tígāo wénhuà shuǐpíng yě bù shì yīniánbànzǎi de shì 。érqiě nǐ zěnme zhīdào wàiguó nóngmín yǒu wénhuà ？
Buddy, China has nine hundred million farmers. Lifting their cultural level isn't something you can just do overnight. And how do you know that foreign farmers are so cultured?
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