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半截入土
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

半截入土 [bànjiérùtǔ]
  1. 1. with one foot in the grave

Examples

半截香肠
half of a sausage
一听这消息他就凉了半截。
His heart sank at the news.
上半截
the upper half
他把写了半截的书信团拢后扔了。
He scrunched up the half written letter and threw it away.
你刚刚干什么去了,怎么衣服下半截都是湿的?
What have you just done? Why is the lower hem of your clothers wet?
半截粉笔
half a stick of chalk
别说半截子话。
半截甘蔗。
一出戏才演了半截就停了。
快入土了
have one foot in the grave

Word Decomposition


[bàn]
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[jié]
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[rù]
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[tǔ]

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