半 ... 半 ...

半 ... 半 ... [bàn bàn]

1. ■ （用在意义相反的两个词或词素前面， 表示相对的两种性质或状态同时存在） half ...， half ...:

半懂半不懂 not fully understand;

半明半暗 half-light and half-dark; dim;

半饥半饱 underfed; half-starving;

半青半黄 not quite mature; knowing a subject half well;

半吞半吐 hesitate to speak one's mind; be mealymouthed;

半推半就 half yield and half deny;

半挖半填 cut and fill;

半文半白 half literary， half vernacular;

半醒半睡 half awake and half asleep; slumbering;

半真半假 half-genuine; half-sham; partly true， partly false