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半生

bàn shēng

2-character word

What 半生 means

1. half a lifetime

The characters in 半生

• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 他大半生都住在国外。
  He lived abroad for much of his life.
• 人的后半生就是由他前半生养成的习惯所构成的，其他什么都没有。
  Rén de hòubànshēng jiùshì yóu tā qiánbànshēng yǎngchéng de xíguàn suǒ gòuchéng de, qítā shénme dōu méiyǒu.
  The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
• 人的后半生就是由他前半生养成的习惯所构成的，其他什幺都没有。
  The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.

Words starting with 半生

• 半生不熟bàn shēng bù shóuunderripe; half-cooked; (fig.) not mastered (of a technique)

Words containing 半生

• 后半生hòu bàn shēnglatter half of one's life
• 前半生qián bàn shēngfirst half of one's life