半吊子

English英语 translation: dabbler

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Chinese汉语词条或短语:半吊子
English英语翻译:dabbler
输入者: Summit

23:28 Sep 12, 2002
Chinese汉语至English英语翻译 [专业]
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Chinese汉语词条或短语: 半吊子
说嘛说的,这世界可还半吊子多呢。
Summit
半吊子=dabbler; tactless and impulsive person
说明:
半吊子 originally is used for money in ancient times."一吊"is a string of 1000 coins(cash)."半吊"is half, 500 coins.
半吊子 is now used to indicate a person who doesn't know too much-- "a dabbler"or, "a tactless and impulsive person"
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5 +2半吊子=dabbler; tactless and impulsive person
Sunshine Wang
4 +1Dabbler, samtterer
Libin PhD
4a jack of all trades; a shallow person (from A New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary)
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a jack of all trades; a shallow person (from A New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary)


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Talk as we may, there are lots of Jacks of all trades (or shallow people) in this world.

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2小时   信心度: Answerer confidence 5/5 同仁同意(净值): +2
半吊子=dabbler; tactless and impulsive person


说明:
半吊子 originally is used for money in ancient times."一吊"is a string of 1000 coins(cash)."半吊"is half, 500 coins.
半吊子 is now used to indicate a person who doesn't know too much-- "a dabbler"or, "a tactless and impulsive person"

Sunshine Wang
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2小时   信心度: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 同仁同意(净值): +1
Dabbler, samtterer


说明:
Dabbler, samtterer



Libin PhD
母语: Chinese汉语

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