不成

bù chéng

Definitions

1. won't do
2. unable to
3. (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

Example Sentences

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我們做 不成 嗎？

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Words Containing 不成

• 一口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi: lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
• 不成功便成仁 bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén: to succeed or die trying (idiom)
• 不成文 bù chéng wén: unwritten (rule)
• 不成文法 bù chéng wén fǎ: unwritten law
• 不成材 bù chéng cái: worthless
• 不成样子 bù chéng yàng zi: shapeless
• 不成话 bù chéng huà: see 不像話|不像话[bù xiàng huà]
• 不成体统 bù chéng tǐ tǒng: not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous
• 不打不成器 bù dǎ bù chéng qì: spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
• 不打不成才 bù dǎ bù chéng cái: spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
• 不打不成相识 bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí: don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
• 偷鸡不成蚀把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ: lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
• 单丝不成线，独木不成林 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín: one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
• 夜不成眠 yè bù chéng mián: to be unable to sleep at night
• 恨铁不成钢 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng: lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
• 败不成军 bài bù chéng jūn: The army is completely routed. (idiom)
• 没有规矩，不成方圆 méi yǒu guī ju , bù chéng fāng yuán: without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
• 溃不成军 kuì bù chéng jūn: (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
• 无巧不成书 wú qiǎo bù chéng shū: curious coincidence
• 独木不成林 dú mù bù chéng lín: a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
• 画虎不成反类犬 huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn: to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
• 难不成 nán bù chéng: Is it possible that ... ?
• 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù: can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

Child Words of 不成

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 成 chéng: to succeed