半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi) means Gives up halfway. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
学外语最忌讳的就是 半途而废 。
Xué wàiyǔ zuì jìhuì de jiù shì bàn tú ér fèi.
The worst thing in learning a foreign language is giving up halfway.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 半途而废
既然已经开始了，就不要 半途而废 。
Jìrán yǐjīng kāishǐ le, jiù bú yào bàn tú ér fèi.
Since you have already started, don't abandon it halfway.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 半途而废
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How is 半途而废 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi, "Gives up halfway"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 半途而废 an HSK word?
Yes — 半途而废 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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