半條命 bàn tiáo mìng

DEFINITIONS

  1. half a life
  2. only half alive
  3. barely alive
  4. (scared, beaten etc) half to death

CHARACTERS

半 bàn
HSK 3
half
條 tiáo clause, condition; string, stripe
命 mìng
HSK 4
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction