半推半就

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	push; refuse (responsibility); shove	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
simp. and trad. (半推半就)		半	推	半	就
Literally: “half willing and half unwilling”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàntuībànjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄟㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàntueibànjiòu
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻui¹-pan⁴-chiu⁴
  - Yale: bàn-twēi-bàn-jyòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntueibannjiow
  - Palladius: баньтуйбаньцзю (banʹtujbanʹczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰweɪ̯⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ teoi¹ bun³ zau⁶
  - Yale: bun tēui bun jauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ toey¹ bun³ dzau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ têu¹ bun³ zeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ puːn³³ t͡sɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ban⁴ cui¹ pan⁴ qiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pan⁵³ t͡sʰuɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

半推半就

to be half willing (at heart) and half unwilling (in appearance); to yield after making a show of resistance; to yield with a show of resistance

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