halvesandwholes什么意思？onceawomanstoppedthetwooftheminthegrocerystoreandasked,“Chinese?”andwhentheysaidyes,notwantingtogetintohalvesandwholes,she’dnoddedsagely.

Question

halves and wholes 什么意思？
once a woman stopped the two of them in the grocery store and asked, “Chinese?” and when they said yes, not wanting to get into halves and wholes, she’d nodded sagely.

Answer 1

译文：曾经有一次在杂货店，一名妇女喊停了他们中的了两个问：“中国人？”，在他们回答是之后，还没等近到店里的一半，他就善意的点了下头。