半途而废 — Chinese idiom
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
Traditional: 半途而廢
Meaning
- to give up halfway ; leave sth unfinished
Character by character
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
- 途túway, road, path, journey, course
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 废fèito terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一官半职 yī guān bàn zhí
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 一男半女 yī nán bàn nǚ
- 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě
- 一鳞半爪 yī lín bàn zhǎo
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí
- 半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù
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