半推半就

半推半就

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	push; refuse (responsibility); shove	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
simp. and trad. (半推半就)		半	推	半	就
Literally: “half willing and half unwilling”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàntuībànjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ teoi¹ bun³ zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bàntuībànjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntueibannjiow
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ teoi¹ bun³ zau⁶
    • Yale: bun tēui bun jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ toey¹ bun³ dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ têu¹ bun³ zeo⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ puːn³³ t͡sɐu̯²²/

Idiom

半推半就

1. to be half willing (at heart) and half unwilling (in appearance); to yield after making a show of resistance; to yield with a show of resistance