不成 bùchéng
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bùchéng
adjective
unsuccessful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 无所成就 (Guoyu '不成' 1) -
bùchéng
adjective
will not do; will not work
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 不行 (Guoyu '不成' 2) -
bùchéng
set phrase
don't tell me ...
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 难道 (Guoyu '不成' 3)
Contained in
- 溃不成军(潰不成軍) utterly defeated
- 高不成低不就 can't reach the high or accept the low
- 不成文法 unwritten law
- 不成文 unwritten
- 难不成(難不成) Is it possible that ... ?
- 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
- 恨铁不成钢(恨鐵不成鋼) to hate iron for not becoming steel
- 单丝不成线，独木不成林(單絲不成線，獨木不成林) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
- 独木不成林(獨木不成林) a lone tree does not make a forest; one cannot accomplish much on one's own
- 夜不成眠 to be unable to sleep at night
- 不成体统(不成體統) not according with decorum; scandalous; bad form; unacceptable behavior
- 不成材 worthless; good-for-nothing
- 不打不成相识(不打不成相識) don't fight, won't make friends; an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
- 无巧不成书(無巧不成書) curious coincidence
- 不成功便成仁 to succeed or die trying
- 不打不成器 spare the rod and spoil the child
- 败不成军(敗不成軍) The army is completely routed.
- 偷鸡不成蚀把米(偷雞不成蝕把米) to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it; to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 不成样子(不成樣子) shapeless; deformed; ruined; beyond recognition; (of a person) reduced to a shadow
- 一口吃不成胖子 you cannot get fat with only one mouthful; learn to walk before you run
- 不成熟 unripe; immature
- 没有规矩，不成方圆(沒有規矩，不成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done; one must follow some rules
- 不成章 unwritten
Also contained in
所依不成过 、 两俱不成过 、 能立法不成 、 俱不成过 、 四不成过 、 犹预不成 、 犹豫不成过类 、 俱不成 、 所立法不成过 、 所立法不成 、 能立法不成过 、 随一不成过 、 所依不成
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 14
- 卷18 志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 13
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 72 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
Collocations
- 事不成 (事不成) 則事不成 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 17
- 鼓不成 (鼓不成) 不鼓不成列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
- 不成列 (不成列) 不鼓不成列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
- 功不成 (功不成) 其功不成 — Guanzi 管子, 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang — count: 6
- 稼穑不成 (稼穡不成) 則稼穡不成 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十四 治亂五行第六十二 五行變救第六十三 五行五事第六十四 郊語第六十五 Scroll 14 — count: 6
- 不成丧 (不成喪) 不成喪也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 年不成 (年不成) 三年不成 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 不成人 (不成人) 不成人之惡 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 五谷不成 (五穀不成) 則五穀不成 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 4
- 王不成 (王不成) 臣聞圖王不成 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平津侯主父列傳》 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu — count: 3