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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 不成文
[bùchénɡwén]
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没有用文字写定的;借指由习惯自然形成的
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他们办公室有条不成文的规定:抽烟者受罚。
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Examples
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这是一条不成文的规定。
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It is a unwritten custom.
→ 不成文
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两国交战, 不斩来使, 这是不成文的规矩。
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It is an unwritten convention: when two states are at war, the envoys are exempt from execution.
→ 来使
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不成文的例规照样具有约束力。
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Conventions without written forms still have sanctions.
→ 例规
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他们办公室有条不成文的规定:抽烟者受罚。
→ 不成文
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不成文的规定
→ 成文
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an unwritten rule
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不成文的规定
→ unwritten
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Word Decomposition
不
[bù]
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成
[chéng]
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文
[wén]
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