大半天

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Chinese

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day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad.
(大半天)
大半

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大半天

  1. most of the day; most of the daytime in a day
    大半天活兒不停空兒會兒 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    大半天活儿不停空儿会儿 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]
    I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!
  2. (figurative) a long time; quite a while

Synonyms

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  • (most of the day):