bàn​bǎo​liú​fù​zhì

semiconservative replication

  1. bàn numeral
    half
    one half; semi-; specifically used after a number and a measure word to mean "and a half"
  2. to retain
    to keep; to continue to have or maintain in its original state
  3. to duplicate
    to make a copy of something by printing, recording, or photographing; to reproduce an original work of art, a document, or an artifact; to clone