中途而廢

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	way; route; road	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	abolish; crippled
trad. (中途而廢)		中	途	而	廢
simp. (中途而废)		中	途	而	废

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngtú'érfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtú'érfèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtú-érfèi
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻu²-êrh²-fei⁴
    • Yale: jūng-tú-ér-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtwuerlfey
    • Palladius: чжунтуэрфэй (čžuntuerfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

中途而廢

1. to give up halfway through a task; to not finish what one has started; to change horses in midstream