半死

bànsǐ
  1. half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. (tired) to death
  3. (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. (knock) the daylights out of sb

CEDICT

  1. (exaggerative) Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state.
  2. Used as a verbal or adjectival complement emphasising the severity of an action or a state.
  3. to be half-dead

Wiktionary

  1. 形容受伤极重。
  2. 形容情绪极度的兴奋或悲哀。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 半 bàn
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half
2 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned

Containing this entry

半死不活 bànsǐbùhuó
半死半活 bànsǐbànhuó
梧桐半死 wútóngbànsǐ

Related entries

要死不活 yàosǐbùhuó
  1. half dead
  2. more dead than alive
往死里 wǎngsǐlǐ (coll.) (to beat etc) to death
毙 bì
  1. to die
  2. to shoot dead
  3. to reject
  4. to fall forward
  5. (suffix) to death
六神无主 liùshénwúzhǔ
  1. out of one's wits (idiom)
  2. distracted
  3. stunned
变色易容 biànsèyìróng
  1. to change color and alter one's expression (idiom); to go white with fear
  2. out of one's wits