idiom > accept while pretending to refuse; half yield and half deny; half willing(at heart)and half unwilling(in appearence)
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Half-hearted
  Explanation: Push: Diju, Dodge; to: close, to meet her. Side turned down, side close up. Refuse to describe the way false posturing.
  Usage: Joint type; for adverbial; describe the mind is willing, the surface of refuse
  Source: Yuan Wang Shih-fu, "The West Chamber" fourth of the first off: "half-hearted, loving, shocked and offended, Tankou Wu Xiangsai."
  Examples: Had learned the state of their customs, ~, delay time; It I mind, as collected from the real, is pretty straightforward. (Qing Li Ruzhen "Flowers in the Mirror," the third chapter)
  Riddle: Interference; sweep
No. 2
  While avoiding the need to, while promised. More than describe the way pretend to decline.
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bàn tuī bàn jiù
  Push: in rejecting, decline; on: leaned in close to. Further decline and proximity. Describes the way refuse to pretend to decline
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No. 4
  Nine wanted to come in mind, the public will actually collected, with its popular state school that, reluctantly, delay, insofar as I mind, do not accurately collected, and is pretty straightforward. - "Flowers in the Mirror"
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No. 5
  Li Fang received a half-hearted brother. Cheng Zhaofeng It will be busy at home, see take the money, know with authority. - "Second moment of surprises"
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No. 6
  Heart is willing, on the surface but would not agree or accept. Describe pretend decline. Yuan Wang Shifu "The West Chamber" the fourth of the first break: "half-hearted, excited and nervous they love." "Dream of Red Mansions," the 40th back: "Mandarin ducks are half-hearted, grateful to the sit, then sit down." Ba Jin "extinction "Chapter VIII:" I first push I said, I was a foreigner, caught in the middle makes them inconvenient for them, it is not unreasonable to deliberately look for some of the decline, but finally reluctantly pulled her daughter go on to be the landlord. "
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No. 7
  词目 半推半就
  发音 bàn tuī bàn jiù
  释义 推:抵拒,推托,推辞;就:凑近,靠近,靠拢,迎上去。一面推辞,一面靠拢上去。形容装腔作势假意推辞的样子。
  出处 元·王实甫《西厢记》第四本第一折:“半推半就,又惊又爱,檀口揾香腮。”
  示例 与其学那俗态,~,耽搁工夫;据俺主意,不如从实收了,倒也爽快。(清·李汝珍《镜花缘》第三回)
  语法 联合式;作定语、状语;形容心里愿意,表面推辞
  近义词 虚情假意、装模作样、半真半假
  反义词 拒人千里、闭门谢客、婉言谢绝
成语词典
  成语名称 半推半就 汉语拼音 bàn tuī bàn jiù 成语释义 推:抵拒,推托;就:靠拢,迎上去。一面推辞,一面靠拢上去。形容装腔作势假意推辞的样子。 成语出处 元·王实甫《西厢记》第四本第一折:“半推半就,又惊又爱,檀口揾香腮。” 使用例句 与其学那俗态,半推半就,耽搁工夫;据俺主意,不如从实收了,倒也爽快。
  ★清·李汝珍《镜花缘》第三回
English Expression
  1. n.:  accept while pretending to refuse; half yield and half deny; half willing(at heart)and half unwilling(in appearence)
  2. v.:   be half willing (at heart) and half unwilling (in appearance)--often referring to price haggling or girls being seduced
Thesaurus
Half-truths, bluff, to be a wolf in sheep's skin, Mingtuianjiu, Take sugar for vinegar, Nabanzuoshi, Take Cavity assume a posture, Holding chamber was potential, Nasanbansi, Take classes assume a posture, Cavity to adjust to take, make a show of readiness to fight, Pumeishanyan, Zhuobanzuoshi, Pumeishanyan
Antonym
feeling sore, humaneness kind thought, Deep friendship, Shenqingziruo, Graceful