半半拉拉

gōng zuò zuò le bàn ban lā lā jiù rēng xià le

工作做了半半拉拉就扔下了。

The work was left unfinished.

zhè diǎn huó gàn wán suàn le bié shèng xia bàn ban lā lā de

这点活干完算了，别剩下半半拉拉的。

Let's finish the job off. Don't leave a lot of loose ends hanging over.

tā huó gàn de bàn ban lā lā de

他活干得半半拉拉的。

He left a lot of loose ends hanging over.

shuō huà bàn ban lā lā

说话半半拉拉

tell only half the story

bàn shì bàn ban lā lā

办事半半拉拉

do things by halves

tā bǎ wén zhāng xiě le gè bàn ban lā lā jiù diū xia le

他把文章写了个半半拉拉就丢下了。

He wrote half the essay and then gave up.

tā zǒng shì xiǎng chū zhè xiē bàn ban lā lā yǒng yuǎn xíng bu tōng de diǎn zi

他总是想出这些半半拉拉、永远行不通的点子。

He's always coming out with these half-baked ideas which will never work.

wǒ fēi bēn huí jiā bǎ zì jǐ de jiàn wén bàn ban lā lā de jiǎng gěi mā ma tīng

我飞奔回家，把自己的见闻半半拉拉地讲给妈妈听。

I dashed home and babbled to my mother what I had seen.