大半天

Chinese
 
more than half; the greater part; very likely; most probably
 day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad.
(大半天)		 大半 天

Pronunciation

Noun

大半天

  1. most of the day; most of the daytime in a day
    我忙了大半天了，活兒就不停地來；可逮著了個空兒歇會兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    我忙了大半天了，活儿就不停地来；可逮着了个空儿歇会儿！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]
    I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!
  2. (figuratively) a long time; quite a while
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