半大不小

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (半大不小)		半	大	不	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàndàbùxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàndàbùxiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàndàbùsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³
    • Yale: bàn-dà-bù-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banndahbusheau
    • Palladius: баньдабусяо (banʹdabusjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

半大不小

1. between childhood and adulthood