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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 半推半就
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 半推半就 | bàn tuī bàn jiù | - half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 92,878 | 71,587 | 61,918 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 半 | bàn | - half - semi- - incomplete - (after a number) and a half |
| 推 | tuī | - to push - to cut - to refuse - to reject - to decline - to shirk (responsibility) - to put off - to delay - to push forward - to nominate - to elect - massage |
| 半 | bàn | - half - semi- - incomplete - (after a number) and a half |
| 就 | jiù | - (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then - (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after - (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly - only; as little as - as much as; as many as - to approach; to move towards - to undertake; to engage in - (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of - (of food) to go with - with regard to; concerning - (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... - (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... |
Other Words Containing 半推半就
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 半推半就 | - | - | 92,878 | 71,587 | 61,918 |