| 半推半就 |
bàn tuī bàn jiù |
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 推 |
tuī |
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 就 |
jiù |
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... |