一事無成
yī​shì​wú​chéng HSK7

to accomplish nothing

  • created sense approved 一事无成/一事無成 · yī​shì​wú​chéng · to accomplish nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一事无成 / 一事無成

    yī​shì​wú​chéng

    to accomplish nothing

    (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere in one's life or career

    yí​shì​wú​chéng

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to succeed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense