半生 (bàn shēng) — half a lifetime, half of one's life; half-cooked, undercooked, rare (for food)
Definition
Literary noun meaning 'half a lifetime' — used for extended periods of one's life in writing or reflective speech. The food sense ('rare, undercooked', as in 半熟的牛排) is unrelated and just shares the literal 'half-cooked' image.
noun
half a lifetimehalf of one's lifehalf-cookedundercookedrare (for food)
Examples
- 半生。bàn shēng De jīng lì ràng tā xué huì le hěn duō.Half a lifetime of experience taught him a lot.
- 半生，。Zhè fèn niú pái shì bàn shēng de, wèi dào hěn hǎo.This steak is rare/undercooked, and it tastes great.
- 半生。Tā bàn shēng de huí yì lǐ yǒu hěn duō měi hǎo de shì.In his half-lifetime memories, there are many beautiful things.
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