大半天 dàbàntiān more than half a day Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents dàbàntiān more than half a day 大 dà adjectiveadverb [temporal emphasis] used before certain time or weather terms to emphasize degree or distance from the present半天 bàntiān numeral half a day half of the day, such as the morning or afternoondàbàntiān a long while 大 dà adjectiveadverb [temporal emphasis] used before certain time or weather terms to emphasize degree or distance from the present半天 bàntiān a long time a period of time felt to be very long; quite a while