半推半就 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• half willing and half unwilling ; to yield after making a show of resistance

Character by character

• 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
• 推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline
• 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
• 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near

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
• 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó

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