Dictionary/半天

半天

半天 bàn tiān

ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
HSK 1TOCFL L3core 10k
1half of the day
2a long time
3quite a while
4midair

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tā men他们kàn看le了nà那bù部diàn yǐng电影bàn tiān半天le了。
他们看了那部电影半天了。
They’ve been watching that film for ages.
他给我解释了半天,但我还是不明白。
I'm none the wiser for his explanation.

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