不成 bùchéng

1. bùchéng adjective unsuccessful
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 无所成就 (Guoyu '不成' 1)
2. 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)
3. 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

• 不成体统(不成體統) not according with decorum; scandalous; bad form; unacceptable behavior
• 不成文法 unwritten law
• 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
• 不成文 unwritten
• 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
• 不成样子(不成樣子) shapeless; deformed; ruined; beyond recognition; (of a person) reduced to a shadow
• 溃不成军(潰不成軍) utterly defeated
• 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
• 不成功便成仁 to succeed or die trying
• 夜不成眠 to be unable to sleep at night
• 不成材 worthless; good-for-nothing
• 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
• 不成章 unwritten
• 不打不成器 spare the rod and spoil the child
• 难不成(難不成) Is it possible that ... ?
• 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
• 恨铁不成钢(恨鐵不成鋼) to hate iron for not becoming steel
• 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
• 高不成低不就 can't reach the high or accept the low
• 不成熟 unripe; immature
• 败不成军(敗不成軍) The army is completely routed.
• 一口吃不成胖子 you cannot get fat with only one mouthful; learn to walk before you run

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
• 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 7
• 第二回 Chapter 19 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
• 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
• 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
• 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