半途

bàn tú

noun★Intermediate💡 halfway

informal

Halfway or in the middle of something; often used to describe abandoning a task before completion.

这部电影看了一半就半途而废了。

I quit watching the movie halfway.

学习英语不能半途而废，要坚持到底。

Learning English can't be abandoned halfway; you must persist to the end.

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Often used in the phrase '半途而废' (bàn tú ér fèi), meaning 'to give up halfway.'

Collocations

半途而废to give up halfway

to give up halfway

'半途' is often paired with '而废' to form the idiom '半途而废,' which means to quit something halfway.

From '半' (half) and '途' (way/path), literally meaning 'halfway.'

Commonly used to describe abandoning tasks or projects prematurely.

半

half

root

途

way/path

root

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