| 半 |
bàn shēng bù shóu | underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting |
| 半 |
bàn | half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 半 |
bàn shēng | half a lifetime |
| 生 |
shēng | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 不 |
bù | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 熟 |
shú | ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2] |