老半天

Traditional form:

老半天

Pinyin (reading):

lǎobàntiān

Definitions:

• (coll.) a long time

Characters:

• 老 - old, aged; experienced
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial

Traditional characters:

• 老 - old, aged; experienced
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial