Half told
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à NT à B à NL à, which means to describe vague and not straightforward. From a dream of Red Mansions.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: half swallow and half spit [antonym]: straightforward
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 50 of a dream of Red Mansions: "since Mrs. Jia hasn't explained it yet, and it's hard for her to draw up a plan, she tells Mrs. Jia half confidently:" it's a pity that this child is not blessed! His father died the year before last. "
Idiom usage
It is used as adverbial and attributive.
Half told
un-matched in the past and the present - zhuó jué qiān gǔ
You can't be square without rules - bù yǐ guī jǔ,bù néng chéng fāng yuán