半
途
而
废

To give up halfway (idiom) in Chinese: 半途而废 (bàn tú ér fèi)

bàn tú ér fèi

to give up halfway (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 半途而廢1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

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半
途
而
废

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄢˋ

bàn

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄨˊ

tú

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄦˊ

ér

ㄦ/ erˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

半途而废

Simplified

半途而廢

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 做任何事都要坚持，不能半途而废。

    zuò rèn hé shì dōu yào jiān chí， bù néng bàn tú ér fèi。

    You must persevere at anything and can't give up halfway.

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Related words

半

bàn

half

而

ér

and

废

fèi

to abolish

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

然而

rán ér

however

从而

cóng ér

thus

反而

fǎn ér

on the contrary

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

前途

qián tú

prospects

因而

yīn ér

therefore

用途

yòng tú

use

长途

cháng tú

long distance

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