半個人
bàn​ge​rén

(not) a single soul

  • created sense approved 半个人/半個人 · bàn​ge​rén · (not) a single soul — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    半个人 / 半個人

    bàn​ge​rén

    (not) a single soul

    Literally "half a person"; used as a rhetorical exaggeration in negative sentences to mean "nobody" or "not even one person".

    半个 (literal) → 半个/半個 · bàn​ge · half 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person

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