created reference approved 不成 → 难道/難道 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不成 bùchéng
难道 / 難道 nándào
see
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created reference approved 不成 → 莫非 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不成 bùchéng
莫非 mòfēi
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 不成 · bùchéng · to fail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不成
bùchéng
to fail
(bound form) to fail to happen; to not become something; to have no success or achievement
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to succeed
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 不成 · bùchéng · won't do — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不成
bùchéng
won't do
to be unacceptable; to be no good; won't work
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to be OK
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created sense approved 不成 · bùchéng · [unable to] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不成
bùchéng
[unable to]
Used as a result after a verb to show that the action cannot be completed or that the goal cannot be reached.
不, 成
不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · -ation
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created sense approved 不成 · bùchéng · [rhetorical] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不成
bùchéng
[rhetorical]
Used at the end of a sentence to add emphasis to a rhetorical question, often used together with [[难道|難道|nan2 dao4]] or [[莫非|莫非|mo4 fei1]] to mean "can it be that...?".
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · [inquiry] 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to be OK
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