idiom > accept while pretending to refuse; half yield and half deny; half willing(at heart)and half unwilling(in appearence)
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. "
n.: accept while pretending to refuse; half yield and half deny; half willing(at heart)and half unwilling(in appearence)
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