| 半 |
bàn sǐ bù huó | (idiom) half-dead; barely alive / (idiom) listless |
| 半 |
bàn | half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 半 |
bàn sǐ | half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb |
| 死 |
sǐ | to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned |
| 不 |
bù | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 活 |
huó | to live / alive / living / work / workmanship |