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成功

chéng gōng
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Verb Very common

Definitions

  1. 1. Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
  2. 2. success
  3. 3. to succeed

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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失败
shī bài

to be defeated

opposite of success; to fail

Related words

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达成
dá chéng

to reach (an agreement)

to achieve; to reach (related to accomplishing a goal)
完成
wán chéng

to complete; to accomplish

to complete; to finish (related to task completion)

Synonyms

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胜利
shèng lì

victory

victory; triumph (similar to success in achievement)

Usage notes

Collocations

成功 is commonly paired with 取得 (取得成功 'achieve success') or 获得 (获得成功 'obtain success').

Common mistakes

成功 is often used as a noun or stative verb meaning 'to be successful', not typically followed by an object. To say 'succeed in doing something', use 成功+verb (e.g., 他成功解决了问题) or 做…做成功了.

Grammar

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Example Sentences

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成功 的代价往往是失败。
The price of success is often failure.
成功 的前提是努力工作。
The prerequisite for success is hard work.
成功 在于努力。
Success lies in hard work.
他 成功 塑造了一个英雄的形象。
He successfully portrayed the image of a hero.
科学家 成功 克隆了一只羊。
Scientists successfully cloned a sheep.

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Words Containing 成功

一举成功
yī jǔ chéng gōng

success at one go

不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén

to succeed or die trying (idiom)

失败是成功之母
shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ

Failure is the mother of success.

成功感
chéng gōng gǎn

sense of accomplishment

成功镇
chéng gōng zhèn

Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan

郑成功
zhèng chéng gōng

Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader

马到成功
mǎ dào chéng gōng

to win instant success (idiom)

Child Words of 成功

功
gōng

meritorious deed or service

成
chéng

to succeed