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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
不成	不成	[bu4 cheng2]	/won't do/unable to/(at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?/	5823	1
不成材	不成材	[bu4 cheng2 cai2]	/worthless/good-for-nothing/	5310	1
不成功便成仁	不成功便成仁	[bu4 cheng2 gong1 bian4 cheng2 ren2]	/to succeed or die trying (idiom)/	4256	1
不成話	不成话	[bu4 cheng2 hua4]	/see 不像話\|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]/	4445	1
不成體統	不成体统	[bu4 cheng2 ti3 tong3]	/not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous/bad form/unacceptable behavior/	6085	1
不成文	不成文	[bu4 cheng2 wen2]	/unwritten (rule)/	5397	1
不成文法	不成文法	[bu4 cheng2 wen2 fa3]	/unwritten law/	7124	1
不成樣子	不成样子	[bu4 cheng2 yang4 zi5]	/shapeless/deformed/ruined/beyond recognition/(of a person) reduced to a shadow/	5822	1
不打不成才	不打不成才	[bu4 da3 bu4 cheng2 cai2]	/spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)/	6139	1
不打不成器	不打不成器	[bu4 da3 bu4 cheng2 qi4]	/spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)/	4500	1
不打不成相識	不打不成相识	[bu4 da3 bu4 cheng2 xiang1 shi2]	/don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship/	6355	1
單絲不成線，獨木不成林	单丝不成线，独木不成林	[[dan1si1 bu4 cheng2 xian4, du2mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2]]	/(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest/	520	2
獨木不成林	独木不成林	[du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2]	/a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)/one cannot accomplish much on one's own/	5554	1
高不成低不就	高不成低不就	[gao1 bu4 cheng2 di1 bu4 jiu4]	/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/	6355	1
恨鐵不成鋼	恨铁不成钢	[hen4 tie3 bu4 cheng2 gang1]	/lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)/fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations/	1754	1
畫虎不成反類犬	画虎不成反类犬	[hua4 hu3 bu4 cheng2 fan3 lei4 quan3]	/to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)/to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it/	2226	1
潰不成軍	溃不成军	[[kui4bu4cheng2jun1]]	/(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed/	433	2
沒有規矩，不成方圓	没有规矩，不成方圆	[mei2 you3 gui1 ju5 , bu4 cheng2 fang1 yuan2]	/without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules/	6355	1
難不成	难不成	[nan2 bu4 cheng2]	/Is it possible that ... ?/	6082	1
泣不成聲	泣不成声	[[qi4bu4cheng2sheng1]]	/(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably/	251	2
偷雞不成蝕把米	偷鸡不成蚀把米	[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]	/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/	5049	1
偷雞不著蝕把米	偷鸡不着蚀把米	[tou1 ji1 bu4 zhao2 shi2 ba3 mi3]	/see 偷雞不成蝕把米\|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]/	5049	1
無巧不成書	无巧不成书	[wu2 qiao3 bu4 cheng2 shu1]	/curious coincidence/	6248	1
夜不成眠	夜不成眠	[ye4 bu4 cheng2 mian2]	/to be unable to sleep at night/	5185	1
一口吃不成胖子	一口吃不成胖子	[yi1 kou3 chi1 bu4 cheng2 pang4 zi5]	/lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)/fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence/	1021	1

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