get fifty percent

get fifty percent

B á sh í D é w ǔ, a Chinese idiom, is used to describe the state of being in debt. It pays too much labor, but gains not much, but also a lot. At the same time, it also describes some compulsive behaviors. This kind of character will never be satisfied, and at the same time, it is impossible to succeed. It comes from the biography of Pang Tong.

Idiom explanation

If you want to select ten, you only get five. It is not easy to select talents. It means to select talents and get half of them.

Idioms and allusions

The source of the idiom: "Three Kingdoms · Shu Shu · Pang Tong Zhuan": "today's ten lost five, still half of them, and can respect the number of the world, so that those who have a will to encourage themselves, can't it?" Example: the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, are they able to teach people by virtue of their talents? If you know how difficult it is, you can get five out of ten. (Biography of Zhang Jiuling in the new book of Tang Dynasty) in the Song Dynasty Chen Shidao's Xie Hu Yun Shi Qi: "it is said that if you get five out of ten, you can get half of it. Therefore, you need to hide the flaws and make it grow." "When Taizong ascended the throne, he thought of Zhenyan and stagnated. He said to his courtiers," if I want to be a good scholar in the imperial examination field, I dare not hope to win five out of ten, or even one or two out of ten, but it can also be a tool for governing. "

Discrimination of words

Antonym: to get fifth type

usage

It can be used as predicate and object