"不成" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù chéng won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
Results beginning with 不成
 bù chéng gōng unsuccessful
 bù chéng shú unripe / immature
 bù chéng wén unwritten (rule)
 bù chéng cái worthless / good-for-nothing
 bù chéng huà see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]
 bù chéng tǐ tǒng not according with decorum (idiom) / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
 bù chéng wén fǎ unwritten law
 bù chéng yàng zi shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
便 bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén to succeed or die trying (idiom)
Approximate Results for 不成
 nán bù chéng Is it possible that ... ?
 kuì bù chéng jūn utterly defeated
 bài bù chéng jūn The army is completely routed. (idiom)
 yè bù chéng mián to be unable to sleep at night
 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
 dú mù bù chéng lín a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
 wú qiǎo bù chéng shū curious coincidence
 bù dǎ bù chéng cái spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
 bù dǎ bù chéng qì spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù 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
 bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
 huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn 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
 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ 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
 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. learn to walk before you run
 méi yǒu guī ju , bù chéng fāng yuán without rules, nothing can be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
线 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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