by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses); to cover; to wear[cedict]
半死
bàn sǐㄅㄢˋ ㄙˇ
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb[cedict]