Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 12, 2002 23:28
21 yrs ago
Chinese term
半吊子
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Literature
说嘛说的，这世界可还半吊子多呢。
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| 5 +2 | 半吊子=dabbler; tactless and impulsive person |
Sunshine Wang
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| 4 +1 | Dabbler, samtterer |
Libin PhD
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| 4 | a jack of all trades; a shallow person (from A New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary) |
diwawa
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半吊子=dabbler; tactless and impulsive person
半吊子 originally is used for money in ancient times."一吊"is a string of 1000 coins(cash)."半吊"is half, 500 coins.
半吊子 is now used to indicate a person who doesn't know too much-- "a dabbler"or, "a tactless and impulsive person"
半吊子 is now used to indicate a person who doesn't know too much-- "a dabbler"or, "a tactless and impulsive person"
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a jack of all trades; a shallow person (from A New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary)
Talk as we may, there are lots of Jacks of all trades (or shallow people) in this world.
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