半信半疑 — Chinese idiom
半信半疑
bàn xìn bàn yí
Meaning
- half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
Character by character
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
- 信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
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
- 半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù
- 半死不活 bàn sǐ bù huó
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