half of the day · a long time · quite a while · midair · CL: gè

bàn tiān

b+àn·4th tonet+iān·1st tone

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I'm none the wiser for his explanation.

他给我解释了半天，但我还是不明白。

They’ve been watching that film for ages.

他们看了那部电影半天了。