成
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Definitions
- 1. to succeed
- 2. to finish
- 3. to complete
- 4. to accomplish
- 5. to become
- 6. to turn into
- 7. to be all right
- 8. OK!
- 9. one tenth
Example Sentences
1 shownTom 想 成 為一個飛機師。
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Words Containing 成
to have achieved nothing
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
won't do
to facilitate
(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
to divide (into)
to compose
to complete; to accomplish
to establish
to form
anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success
to fly into a rage out of humiliation
to complete a contract
adult
composition; ingredient; element; component
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
innumerable
finished goods
member
to be a problem
to become shaped
(coll.) all day long
to settle down and get married (of a man)
accomplishment
to grow to adulthood
intentional
to make sth of oneself
effect
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
result
to become; to turn into
mature; ripe
to establish
achievement
making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
to mature
to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
minor (i.e. person under 18)
to constitute
ready-made
to generate
to consider as; to take to be
to complement one another (idiom)
to regard as
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement
to form
(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind
to complete a construction project
to manufacture
to change into
to approve
to bring about
to reach (an agreement)
logical
to cultivate
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
to do something at one go
success at one go
(idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
in groups of three or four (idiom)
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
unwritten (rule)
unwritten law
worthless
shapeless
see 不像話|不像话[bù xiàng huà]
not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
Amoghasiddhi Buddha
disapproval
Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor
nine-tenths
in a great mess
to be successful in business
low cost
to cause
to unify
to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal
modified compound word
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
photosynthesis
eighty percent
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
to cut up (into pieces)
to cut into cubes
to grate
manufactured goods
cut into
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
to win success and recognition (idiom)
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
processing cost
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
chemical composition
completely
see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shí ná jiǔ wěn]
semi-manufactured goods
highly effective
to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
can be expected to be a success
anabolism (biology)
synthesizer
composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)
synthetic rubber
(chemical) synthesis
synthetic detergent
compound
synthetic oil
synthetic fiber
compound word
composite context
assembled phonology
anabolic steroids
drug addiction
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[xī zhōu], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng]
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
bloodthirsty
to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
hatred caused by love (idiom)
to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
fundamentally complete
hidebound by convention (idiom)
loan idiom
see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]
to be unable to sleep at night
successfully accomplished (project or goal)
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
as if made by heaven
the Almagest by Ptolemy
Failure is the mother of success.
to marry after getting pregnant
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
to be successful in one's studies
cosmology
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations
perfect tense (grammar)
family member
Baoji-Chengdu Railway
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
accomplished though young
to obtain confessions under torture
Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
preformed
(finance) dollar cost averaging
Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[míng rén]
proportional to inverse square (physics)
the year's harvest
built-up area
pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
to overreach oneself
Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[jīn zhèng rì], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[jīn zhèng ēn], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
absolute necessity
sexual maturity
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
(of a group of people) to run about helplessly
(of a male) to come of age
won't get far; unlikely to be successful
to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc)
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
to be done
to accomplish the objective
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
sale price; negotiated price; price reached at auction
suitable for adults
coming of age ceremony
to die for a good cause
(Taoism) to become an immortal
composition
share included in composite index
What a scandal!
to become a Buddha
an established precedent
exponentially
to form an image
to help sb accomplish his aim
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)