bàn tú ér fèi

Traditional: 半途而廢

HSK 7–9

半途而废 (bàn tú ér fèi) is a Chinese word meaning “to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished”.

Meanings

  1. 1to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

Characters in 半途而废

半bàn · half途tú · way而ér · and废fèi · to abolish

Related words

而and而且(not only ...) but also半half而已that's all一半half而是rather而言(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...废话nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words然而however; but; yet废物rubbish; waste material半夜midnight前途prospects

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