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半大不小

bàn dà bù xiǎo

4-character word

What 半大不小 means

1. teenage; in one's teens; adolescent

The characters in 半大不小

• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few

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