What does 一事无成 mean in Chinese?
一事无成 (yíshì-wúchéng) means (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
一事无成
(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
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The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
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How do you pronounce 一事无成?
一事无成 is pronounced yíshì-wúchéng.
Is 一事无成 an HSK word?
一事无成 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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