一事无成一事無成

yī shì wú chéng

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere

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Characters

一yīone; a, an; alone 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident一口彐亅无wúno, not; lacking, -less一尢成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed丁戈