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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不成 [bùchéng]
  1. 1. won't do
    只说不做,那是不成的。
    Mere talk and no action won't do.
  2. 2. used at the end of a rhetorical question beginning with 难道 or 莫非
    难道就这样算了不成
    How can we let it go at that?

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不成 [bùchéng]
  1. 1. 不可以;不行
    拿一点儿可以,多了可不成
    这么办,绝对不成
  2. 2. 用在句末,表示揣度或反问的语气,常与"难道""莫非"等呼应
    莫非他生病了不成
    难道我怕你不成

Examples

这种花太娇气,水多了不成,水少了也不成 娇气
眼见施工任务完不成,他赶紧去搬兵。
Realizing that the construction project might not be completed as scheduled, he lost no time in trying to get outside help. 搬兵
只说不做,那是不成的。
Mere talk and no action won't do. 不成
难道就这样算了不成
How can we let it go at that? 不成
你不去可不成
No, you must go.
他的字写得不成个儿。
His handwriting lacks form. 成个儿
不成
lie awake all night 成眠
怕吃苦,就干不成大事。
Those who fear hardships will not accomplish anything great. 吃苦
错过这趟汽车,今天就走不成了。
If we miss this bus, we won't be able to go today. 错过
他们一计不成,又生一计。
Their first ruse having failed, they tried another.

Word Decomposition


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