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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

成文 [chéngwén]
  1. 1. noun existing writing
    他抄袭成文。
    He is copying existing works.
  2. 2. verb write
    这些规定必须成文。
    These provisions must be in writing.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

成文 [chéngwén]
  1. 1. existing writings
    抄袭成文
    copy exist-ing writings; follow a set pattern
    作家把已成文的小说烧了。
  2. 2. writtn
    规则已经归纳成文。
    The rules are all put together in written form.
    根据业已成文的规定，该公司可以得到赔偿。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

成文 [chéngwén]
  1. 1. 名 现成的文字材料
    不该因袭成文
  2. 2. 动 形成文字;写成条文
    这些还只是思考,尚未成文
    不成文的规定
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Examples

补缀成文
put together some sort of an article; produce a patchwork of an article → 补缀
抄袭成文
copy exist-ing writings; follow a set pattern → 成文
缀字成文
put words together to produce a piece of writing → 缀
仓促成文，实在对不起读者。 → 仓促
作家把已成文的小说烧了。 → 成文
根据业已成文的规定，该公司可以得到赔偿。 → 成文
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
我们有条不成文的规定：每周去游两次泳。 → 不成文
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Word Decomposition

成
[chéng] 		+ 文
[wén]

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