半 bàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 丷 horns 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
半途而废
bàntú'érfèi
to give up halfway
Characters in this word
途 tú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
而 ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 而 — and, and then, and yet
Example phrases
- 学术训练最忌半途而废，因为真正的突破往往出现在长期积累之后。 Xuéshù xùnliàn zuì jì bàntú'érfèi, yīnwèi zhēnzhèng de tūpò wǎngwǎng chūxiàn zài chángqī jīlěi zhīhòu. Academic training especially requires avoiding giving up halfway, because real breakthroughs often appear after long-term accumulation.
- 学游泳不能半途而废，再坚持几天你就会了。 Xué yóuyǒng bù néng bàntú'érfèi, zài jiānchí jǐ tiān nǐ jiù huì le. You can't give up halfway when learning to swim; keep going a few more days and you'll be able to.
- 他每次减肥都半途而废，因为晚上总忍不住吃夜宵。 Tā měi cì jiǎnféi dōu bàntú'érfèi, yīnwèi wǎnshang zǒng rěn bú zhù chī yèxiāo. He gives up halfway every time he goes on a diet, because in the evening he can never resist a late-night snack.
Related words
- 半 bàn half
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 半天 bàntiān half a day
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 半夜 bànyè midnight; late at night
- 半边天 bànbiāntiān women; half the sky
- 半岛 bàndǎo peninsula
- 半导体 bàndǎotǐ semiconductor
- 半径 bànjìng radius
- 半数 bànshù half; half the number
- 半信半疑 bànxìnbànyí half-believing, half-doubting; sceptical
- 多半 duōbàn most; for the most part; probably