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不成文
  • [bùchénɡwén]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不成文 [bùchénɡwén]
  1. 1. Unwritten, conventional.
    这是一条不成文的规定。
    It is a unwritten custom.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不成文 [bùchénɡwén]
  1. 1. 没有用文字写定的;借指由习惯自然形成的
    他们办公室有条不成文的规定:抽烟者受罚。

Examples

这是一条不成文的规定。
It is a unwritten custom. 不成文
两国交战, 不斩来使, 这是不成文的规矩。
It is an unwritten convention: when two states are at war, the envoys are exempt from execution. 来使
不成文的例规照样具有约束力。
Conventions without written forms still have sanctions. 例规
他们办公室有条不成文的规定:抽烟者受罚。 不成文
不成文的规定 成文
an unwritten rule
不成文的规定 unwritten

Word Decomposition


[bù]
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[chéng]
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[wén]

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