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行百里者半九十

lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done

Characters and words in 行百里者半九十

háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
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xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
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bǎi = b + ai3
hundred / numerous / all kinds of
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two-character surname Baili
= li + Ø3
= li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
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= li + Ø3
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
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zhě = zh + e3
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
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bàn = b + an4
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
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jiǔ = ji + ou3
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shí = sh + Ø2
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Sentences with 行百里者半九十

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