半途而废
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give up halfway, leave something unfinished
Related Words
Hanzi | HSK | Pinyin | English Definition |
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半 | 3 | bàn | half |
而且 | 3 | ér qiě | but also |
而 | 4 | ér | but, and |
然而 | 4 | rán ér | but, however |
长途 | 5 | cháng tú | long-distance |
从而 | 5 | cóng ér | thus, thereby |
反而 | 5 | fǎn ér | on the contrary, instead |
废话 | 5 | fèi huà | nonsense; talk nonsense |
前途 | 5 | qián tú | future, prospect |
因而 | 5 | yīn ér | as a result |
用途 | 5 | yòng tú | use |
不言而喻 | 6 | bù yán ér yù | it goes without saying |
而已 | 6 | ér yǐ | that's all, nothing more |
废除 | 6 | fèi chú | repeal, abolish, abrogate |
废寝忘食 | 6 | fèi qǐn wàng shí | forget all about eating and sleeping |
废墟 | 6 | fèi xū | ruins |
进而 | 6 | jìn ér | and then, after that |
侃侃而谈 | 6 | kǎn kǎn ér tán | talk confidently and composedly |
锲而不舍 | 6 | qiè ér bù shě | keep on chipping away, make unremitting efforts |
时而 | 6 | shí ér | from time to time, sometimes |
途径 | 6 | tú jìng | avenue, way, channel, path |
总而言之 | 6 | zǒng ér yán zhī | in short |
作废 | 6 | zuò fèi | become invalid |