事倍功半 — Chinese idiom
事倍功半
shì bèi gōng bàn
Meaning
- to expend twice the effort for half the result
Character by character
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 倍bèito double; to increase or multiply
- 功gōngachievement, good work; merit; service
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
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