Pinyin Dictionary results for "bu cheng"

不成
won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
布城
Putrajaya, federal administrative territory of Malaysia, south of Kuala Lumpur city 吉隆坡市
不成功便成仁
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不成文
unwritten (rule)
不成文法
unwritten law
不成材
worthless; good-for-nothing
不成样子
shapeless; deformed; ruined; beyond recognition; (of a person) reduced to a shadow
不成熟
unripe; immature
不成话
see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]
不成体统
not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous; bad form; unacceptable behavior
不承认主义
policy of non-recognition
不诚实
dishonest
不逞之徒
desperado
一口吃不成胖子
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. learn to walk before you run
不打不成器
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
偷鸡不成蚀把米
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; to go for wool and come back shorn
单丝不成线,独木不成林
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
夜不成眠
to be unable to sleep at night
恨铁不成钢
lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel; to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
败不成军
The army is completely routed. (idiom)
没有规矩,不成方圆
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
溃不成军
utterly defeated
无巧不成书
curious coincidence
独木不成林
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom); one cannot accomplish much on one's own
高不成低不就
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
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