Analects of Confucius : prose in the classical literary style > Halfway The waste
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Mean while the waste
  Explanation: Middle way. Stopped halfway.
  Source: Han Dai Holy "Book of Rites token" township opposite direction, middle and waste, forget the body in old age, I do not know the inadequacy of the number of years also, look down at a Zizi Yan, death beating. "
  Examples: He is absolutely confident that he is not the soft spine of the person ~ children. ★ Mao Dun "to create" three
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  Mean while the waste (zhōng dào ér fèi)
  Explanation: The middle way: halfway. Stopped halfway.
  Source: Han Dai Holy "Book of Rites token": "Rural opposite direction, middle and waste, forget the body in old age, I do not know the inadequacy of the number of years also, on a stoop Yan Zi Zi, then death has been."
  Example: He is absolutely confident that he is not the soft spine of the person ~ children. ★ Mao Dun "to create" three
  Usage: as a predicate, attribute, object; for doing things.
  Synonyms: give up halfway, half-way and waste, Middle full length
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Idioms
  Mean while the phrase the name Pinyin zhōng dào ér fèi waste idiom Interpretation middle: half-way. Stopped halfway. Han Dai San idioms Source "Book of Rites token": "Rural opposite direction, middle and waste, forget the body in old age, I do not know the inadequacy of the number of years also, on a stoop Yan Zi Zi, then death has been." Use the listen He is absolutely confident that he is not a waste of the soft middle and backs of the people children.
  ★ Mao Dun "to create" three
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