半吊子
English translation: dabbler
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a jack of all trades; a shallow person (from A New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary) Explanation: Talk as we may, there are lots of Jacks of all trades (or shallow people) in this world. |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2半吊子=dabbler; tactless and impulsive person Explanation: 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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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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