一事无成(yī shì wú chéng): (idiom) to have achieved nothing
(idiom) to have achieved nothing
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yī shì wú chéng
- Meaning
- (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 一事無成
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 一事无成 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一xiē些
HSK 1some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
yī一xià下zǐ子
HSK 5once; one time
yī一dài代
HSK 6an era; an age; a generation
yī一yī一
HSK 7-9one by one; one after another
yī一bù不xiǎo小xīn心
HSK 7-9to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
yī一gān干èr二jìng净
HSK 7-9thoroughly (idiom)
yī一yī一duì对yìng应
one-to-one correspondence
yī一dīng丁bù不shí识
(idiom) illiterate
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