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半死不活

EXAMPLES/列句

他已经饿得半死不活了。

tā yǐ jīng è de bàn sǐ bù huó le

He is already half dead from hunger.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	他	tā	he，him; another，other; everyone; meaningless mock object
2.	已经	yǐ jīng	already
3.	饿	è	to starve; hungry
4.	得	de	used after a verb to describe the action
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我家院子里有一棵葡萄树，几年来一直半死不活的。

wǒ jiā yuàn zi lí yǒu yì kē pú tao shù ，jǐ nián lái yì zhí bàn sǐ bù huó de .

There is a grape vine in my courtyard，which has been half dead for several years.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	我家	wǒ jiā	my family; my house
2.	院子	yuàn zi	yard，courtyard
3.	里	lǐ	neighborhood; native place; a Chinese unit of length (=1/2km)
4.	有	yǒu	have; there be; (used to indicate an estimate or comparison) ; (used to express something indefinite) certain，some，part of
5.	一	yī	one，1; same; whole; whole-hearted
6.	棵	kē	measure word for tree or grass
7.	葡萄树	pú tao shù	grape tree
8.	几	jǐ	several，a few; how many?
9.	年	nián	year; New Year
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