| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 成 | 成 | Chéng | - surname Cheng |
| 成 | 成 | chéng | - to succeed - to finish - to complete - to accomplish - to become - to turn into - to be all right - OK! - one tenth |
| 不成 | 不成 | bùchéng | - won't do - unable to - (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? |
| 九成 | 九成 | jiǔchéng | - nine-tenths - ninety percent |
| 使成 | 使成 | shǐchéng | - to cause - to render |
| 促成 | 促成 | cùchéng | - to facilitate - to effect |
| 八成 | 八成 | bāchéng | - eighty percent - most probably - most likely |
| 分成 | 分成 | fēnchéng | - to divide (into) - to split a bonus - to break into - tenths - percentage allotment |
| 切成 | 切成 | qiēchéng | - to cut up (into pieces) - to slice - to carve - to dice - to shred |
| 剪成 | 剪成 | jiǎnchéng | - cut into |
| 十成 | 十成 | shíchéng | - completely |
| 合成 | 合成 | héchéng | - to compose - to constitute - compound - synthesis - mixture - synthetic |
| 天成 | 天成 | tiānchéng | - as if made by heaven |
| 守成 | 守成 | shǒuchéng | - to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations - to carry on the good work of one's predecessors |
| 完成 | 完成 | wánchéng | - to complete - to accomplish |
| 平成 | 平成 | Píngchéng | - Heisei, reign name of Japanese Emperor Akihito, from 1989 |
| 年成 | 年成 | niáncheng | - the year's harvest |
| 建成 | 建成 | jiànchéng | - to establish - to build |
| 形成 | 形成 | xíngchéng | - to form - to take shape |
| 成丁 | 成丁 | chéngdīng | - (of a male) to come of age - an adult male |
| 成串 | 成串 | chéngchuàn | - cluster - bunch |
| 成了 | 成了 | chéngle | - to be done - to be ready - that's enough! - that will do! |
| 成交 | 成交 | chéngjiāo | - to complete a contract - to reach a deal |
| 成人 | 成人 | chéngrén | - adult |
| 成仁 | 成仁 | chéngrén | - to die for a good cause |
| 成仙 | 成仙 | chéngxiān | - to become immortal |
| 成份 | 成份 | chéngfèn | - composition - make-up - ingredient - element - component - one's social status - same as 成分 |
| 成佛 | 成佛 | chéngfó | - to become a Buddha - to attain enlightenment |
| 成像 | 成像 | chéngxiàng | - to form an image - imaging |
| 成全 | 成全 | chéngquán | - to help sb accomplish his aim - to help sb succeed - to complete - to make whole - to round off |
| 成分 | 成分 | chéngfèn | - composition - make-up - ingredient - element - component - one's social status - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 成功 | 成功 | Chénggōng | - Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan |
| 成功 | 成功 | chénggōng | - success - to succeed - CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
| 成千 | 成千 | chéngqiān | - thousands |
| 成名 | 成名 | chéngmíng | - to make one's name - to become famous |
| 成品 | 成品 | chéngpǐn | - finished goods - a finished product |
| 成员 | 成員 | chéngyuán | - member |
| 成器 | 成器 | chéngqì | - to make sth of oneself - to become a person who is worthy of respect |
| 成因 | 成因 | chéngyīn | - cause - factor - cause of formation |
| 成圈 | 成圈 | chéngquān | - wreathe |
| 成型 | 成型 | chéngxíng | - to become shaped - to become formed |
| 成报 | 成報 | ChéngBào | - Sing Pao Daily News |
| 成夜 | 成夜 | chéngyè | - all night long |
| 成天 | 成天 | chéngtiān | - (coll.) all day long - all the time |
| 成套 | 成套 | chéngtào | - forming a complete set - complementing one another |
| 成婚 | 成婚 | chénghūn | - to get married |
| 成安 | 成安 | Chéngān | - Chang'an county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei |
| 成家 | 成家 | chéngjiā | - to settle down and get married (of a man) - to become a recognized expert |
| 成对 | 成對 | chéngduì | - to form a pair |
| 成就 | 成就 | chéngjiù | - accomplishment - success - achievement - CL:個|个[ge4] - to attain a result |
| 成层 | 成層 | chéngcéng | - layered - stratified |
| 成年 | 成年 | chéngnián | - to grow to adulthood - fully grown - the whole year |
| 成形 | 成形 | chéngxíng | - to take shape - shaping - forming |
| 成心 | 成心 | chéngxīn | - intentional - deliberate - on purpose |
| 成性 | 成性 | chéngxìng | - to become second nature - by nature |
| 成才 | 成才 | chéngcái | - to make sth of oneself - to become a person who is worthy of respect |
| 成批 | 成批 | chéngpī | - in batches - in bulk |
| 成效 | 成效 | chéngxiào | - effect - result |
| 成败 | 成敗 | chéngbài | - success or failure |
| 成文 | 成文 | chéngwén | - written - statutory |
| 成日 | 成日 | chéngrì | - all day long - the whole day - the whole time |
| 成书 | 成書 | chéngshū | - publication - a book's first appearance |
| 成本 | 成本 | chéngběn | - (manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 成材 | 成材 | chéngcái | - to make sth of oneself - to become a person who is worthy of respect - (of a tree) to grow to full size - to become useful for timber |
| 成果 | 成果 | chéngguǒ | - result - achievement - gain - profit - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 成核 | 成核 | chénghé | - nucleation |
| 成样 | 成樣 | chéngyàng | - seemly - presentable |
| 成武 | 成武 | Chéngwǔ | - Chengwu county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| 成活 | 成活 | chénghuó | - to survive |
| 成渝 | 成渝 | ChéngYú | - Chengdu 成都 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆 |
| 成汉 | 成漢 | ChéngHàn | - Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-347) |
| 成灾 | 成災 | chéngzāi | - disastrous - to turn into a disaster |
| 成为 | 成為 | chéngwéi | - to become - to turn into |
| 成熟 | 成熟 | chéngshú | - mature - ripe - to mature - to ripen - Taiwan pr. [cheng2 shou2] |
| 成田 | 成田 | Chéngtián | - Narita (Japanese surname and place name) |
| 成瘾 | 成癮 | chéngyǐn | - to be addicted - addiction |
| 成真 | 成真 | chéngzhēn | - to come true |
| 成立 | 成立 | chénglì | - to establish - to set up - to be tenable - to hold water |
| 成章 | 成章 | chéngzhāng | - to form a coherent composition |
| 成组 | 成組 | chéngzǔ | - to make up (out of components) |
| 成县 | 成縣 | Chéngxiàn | - Cheng county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Long3 nan2], Gansu |
| 成绩 | 成績 | chéngjì | - achievement - performance records - grades - CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] |
| 成群 | 成群 | chéngqún | - in groups - large numbers of - grouping |
| 成色 | 成色 | chéngsè | - relative purity of silver or gold - purity in carat weight - quality - fineness |
| 成华 | 成華 | Chénghuá | - Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 成药 | 成藥 | chéngyào | - patent medicine - medicine already made up |
| 成蛹 | 成蛹 | chéngyǒng | - to pupate - to become a chrysalis |
| 成虫 | 成蟲 | chéngchóng | - imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development) |
| 成行 | 成行 | chéngxíng | - to embark on a journey |
| 成衣 | 成衣 | chéngyī | - ready-made clothes |
| 成见 | 成見 | chéngjiàn | - preconceived idea - bias - prejudice |
| 成规 | 成規 | chéngguī | - established rules - the beaten track |
| 成亲 | 成親 | chéngqīn | - to get married |
| 成话 | 成話 | chénghuà | - to make sense |
| 成语 | 成語 | chéngyǔ | - Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation - idiom - proverb - saying - adage - set expression - CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4] |
| 成说 | 成說 | chéngshuō | - accepted theory or formulation |
| 成象 | 成象 | chéngxiàng | - to form an image - to call to mind |
| 成军 | 成軍 | chéngjūn | - lit. to form an army - to set up (team, group, band, organization etc) - to found - opening (ceremony) - to commission (arms system, naval vessel) - to graduate from an apprenticeship |
| 成道 | 成道 | chéngdào | - to reach illumination (Buddhism) |
| 成都 | 成都 | Chéngdū | - Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China |
| 成长 | 成長 | chéngzhǎng | - to mature - to grow - growth |
| 成骨 | 成骨 | chénggǔ | - bone formation - osteogenesis |
| 成体 | 成體 | chéngtǐ | - adult - fully formed - developed |
| 成龙 | 成龍 | ChéngLóng | - Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and cantopop star |
| 拼成 | 拼成 | pīnchéng | - to put sth together from component parts |
| 提成 | 提成 | tíchéng | - to take a percentage |
| 换成 | 換成 | huànchéng | - to exchange (sth) for (sth else) - to replace with - to convert into |
| 收成 | 收成 | shōuchéng | - harvest |
| 改成 | 改成 | gǎichéng | - to convert - to turn into (sth else) - to adapt (a story to another medium) |
| 文成 | 文成 | Wénchéng | - Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 有成 | 有成 | yǒuchéng | - to succeed - successful |
| 未成 | 未成 | wèichéng | - minor (i.e. person under 18) - incomplete - unachieved - failed - abortive |
| 荣成 | 榮成 | Róngchéng | - Rongcheng county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong |
| 构成 | 構成 | gòuchéng | - to constitute - to form - to compose - to make up - to configure (computing) |
| 凑成 | 湊成 | còuchéng | - to put together - to make up (a set) - to round up (a number to a convenient multiple) - resulting in... |
| 火成 | 火成 | huǒchéng | - igneous (geology) - formed by fire - volcanic (rock) |
| 无成 | 無成 | wúchéng | - achieving nothing |
| 玉成 | 玉成 | yùchéng | - please help achieve something (formal) |
| 现成 | 現成 | xiànchéng | - ready-made - readily available |
| 生成 | 生成 | shēngchéng | - to generate - to produce - generated - produced |
| 留成 | 留成 | liúchéng | - a retained portion (of a sum of money) - to hold back a percentage (of the takings) |
| 当成 | 當成 | dàngchéng | - to consider as - take to be |
| 目成 | 目成 | mùchéng | - to make eyes - to exchange flirting glances with sb |
| 看成 | 看成 | kànchéng | - to regard as |
| 组成 | 組成 | zǔchéng | - to form - to make up - to constitute |
| 结成 | 結成 | jiéchéng | - to form - to forge (alliances etc) |
| 编成 | 編成 | biānchéng | - to organize - to put together - to edit |
| 缩成 | 縮成 | suōchéng | - to shrink into |
| 老成 | 老成 | lǎochéng | - mature - experienced - sophisticated |
| 落成 | 落成 | luòchéng | - to complete a construction project |
| 蔚成 | 蔚成 | wèichéng | - to afford (a magnificent view etc) - to become (a prevailing fashion etc) |
| 装成 | 裝成 | zhuāngchéng | - to pretend |
| 制成 | 製成 | zhìchéng | - to manufacture - to turn out (a product) |
| 译成 | 譯成 | yìchéng | - to translate into (Chinese, English etc) |
| 变成 | 變成 | biànchéng | - to change into - to turn into - to become |
| 责成 | 責成 | zéchéng | - give sb a task |
| 赞成 | 贊成 | zànchéng | - to approve - to endorse - (literary) to assist |
| 速成 | 速成 | sùchéng | - crash (course) - accelerated (process) - quick (fix) - instant (success) - to achieve in a short time |
| 造成 | 造成 | zàochéng | - to bring about - to create - to cause |
| 达成 | 達成 | dáchéng | - to reach (an agreement) - to accomplish |
| 酿成 | 釀成 | niàngchéng | - to form gradually - to lead to |
| 金成 | 金晟 | JīnChéng | - Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office |
| 铸成 | 鑄成 | zhùchéng | - to cast in metal - (fig.) to forge - to fashion |
| 长成 | 長成 | zhǎngchéng | - to grow up |
| 集成 | 集成 | jíchéng | - integrated (as in integrated circuit) |
| 风成 | 風成 | fēngchéng | - produced by wind - eolian |
| 养成 | 養成 | yǎngchéng | - to cultivate - to raise - to form (a habit) - to acquire |
| 不成文 | 不成文 | bùchéngwén | - unwritten (rule) |
| 不成材 | 不成材 | bùchéngcái | - worthless - good-for-nothing |
| 不成熟 | 不成熟 | bùchéngshú | - unripe - immature |
| 不成话 | 不成話 | bùchénghuà | - see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4] |
| 不赞成 | 不贊成 | bùzànchéng | - disapproval - to disapprove |
| 丘成桐 | 丘成桐 | QiūChéngtóng | - Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982 |
| 中成药 | 中成藥 | zhōngchéngyào | - prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) |
| 低成本 | 低成本 | dīchéngběn | - low cost - inexpensive |
| 切成块 | 切成塊 | qiēchéngkuài | - to cut into cubes - to dice (vegetable) |
| 切成丝 | 切成絲 | qiēchéngsī | - to grate - to shred (vegetable) |
| 制成品 | 制成品 | zhìchéngpǐn | - manufactured goods - finished product |
| 半成品 | 半成品 | bànchéngpǐn | - semi-manufactured goods - semi-finished articles - semi-finished products |
| 合成器 | 合成器 | héchéngqì | - synthesizer |
| 合成数 | 合成數 | héchéngshù | - composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization) |
| 合成法 | 合成法 | héchéngfǎ | - (chemical) synthesis |
| 合成物 | 合成物 | héchéngwù | - compound - composite - cocktail |
| 合成词 | 合成詞 | héchéngcí | - compound word |
| 周成王 | 周成王 | ZhōuChéngwáng | - King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] |
| 塑造成 | 塑造成 | sùzàochéng | - to shape into - to mold (into some form) - to fashion into |
| 孝成王 | 孝成王 | XiàochéngWáng | - King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC |
| 完成时 | 完成時 | wánchéngshí | - perfect tense (grammar) |
| 少成多 | 少成多 | shǎochéngduō | - Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle |
| 已成形 | 已成形 | yǐchéngxíng | - pre-formed |
| 建成区 | 建成區 | jiànchéngqū | - built-up area - urban area |
| 形成层 | 形成層 | xíngchéngcéng | - vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) |
| 性成熟 | 性成熟 | xìngchéngshú | - sexual maturity |
| 恶魔城 | 惡魔成 | ÈmóChéng | - Castlevania (video game series) |
| 成交价 | 成交價 | chéngjiāojià | - sale price - negotiated price - price reached in an auction |
| 成人礼 | 成人禮 | chéngrénlǐ | - coming of age ceremony |
| 成份股 | 成份股 | chéngfèngǔ | - share included in composite index |
| 成功感 | 成功感 | chénggōnggǎn | - sense of accomplishment |
| 成功镇 | 成功鎮 | Chénggōngzhèn | - Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan |
| 成反比 | 成反比 | chéngfǎnbǐ | - to vary inversely - inversely proportional to |
| 成名作 | 成名作 | chéngmíngzuò | - work that makes one's name |
| 成品油 | 成品油 | chéngpǐnyóu | - refined oil |
| 成员国 | 成員國 | chéngyuánguó | - member country |
| 成均馆 | 成均館 | Chéngjūnguǎn | - Koryo Seonggyungwan, university dating back to Korean Goryeo dynasty, in Gaesong, North Korea - Sungkyun kwan university, Seoul |
| 成安县 | 成安縣 | Chéngānxiàn | - Chang'an county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei |
| 成实宗 | 成實宗 | Chéngshízōng | - Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism |
| 成年人 | 成年人 | chéngniánrén | - adult person |
| 成年者 | 成年者 | chéngniánzhě | - adult |
| 成文法 | 成文法 | chéngwénfǎ | - statute |
| 成方儿 | 成方兒 | chéngfāngr | - set prescription (i.e. medicine specifically prescribed for a definite condition) |
| 成样子 | 成樣子 | chéngyàngzi | - seemly - presentable |
| 成武县 | 成武縣 | Chéngwǔxiàn | - Chengwu county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| 成活率 | 成活率 | chénghuólǜ | - survival rate - rate of success |
| 成绩单 | 成績單 | chéngjìdān | - school report or transcript |
| 成华区 | 成華區 | Chénghuáqū | - Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 成都市 | 成都市 | Chéngdūshì | - Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China |
| 成长率 | 成長率 | chéngzhǎnglǜ | - growth rate |
| 文成县 | 文成縣 | Wénchéngxiàn | - Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 新成土 | 新成土 | Xīnchéngtǔ | - Primosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy) |
| 明成祖 | 明成祖 | MíngChéngzǔ | - Ming Chengzu, Temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4] |
| 未完成 | 未完成 | wèiwánchéng | - imperfect - incomplete |
| 未成冠 | 未成冠 | wèichéngguān | - minor (old usage, person under 20) |
| 李建成 | 李建成 | LǐJiànchéng | - Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变 - Professor Li Jiancheng (1993-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy |
| 李成桂 | 李成桂 | LǐChéngguì | - Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910) |
| 李成江 | 李成江 | LǐChéngjiāng | - Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater |
| 李自成 | 李自成 | LǐZìchéng | - Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty |
| 核合成 | 核合成 | héhéchéng | - nucleosynthesis |
| 荣成市 | 榮成市 | Róngchéngshì | - Rongcheng county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong |
| 荣成湾 | 榮成灣 | Róngchéngwān | - Roncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 on north coast of Shandong |
| 深成岩 | 深成岩 | shēnchéngyán | - plutonic rock - abyssal rock |
| 火成岩 | 火成岩 | huǒchéngyán | - igneous rock (geology) - volcanic rock |
| 煅成末 | 煅成末 | duànchéngmò | - to calcine (purify by heating) |
| 熊成基 | 熊成基 | XióngChéngjī | - Xiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr |
| 热成层 | 熱成層 | rèchéngcéng | - thermosphere |
| 生成树 | 生成樹 | shēngchéngshù | - spanning tree (in graph theory) |
| 留成儿 | 留成兒 | liúchéngr | - a retained portion (of a sum of money) - to hold back a percentage (of the takings) |
| 眼成穿 | 眼成穿 | yǎnchéngchuān | - to await eagerly - the eyes bore through sth |
| 总成本 | 總成本 | zǒngchéngběn | - total costs |
| 薛福成 | 薛福成 | XuēFúchéng | - Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist |
| 卫留成 | 衛留成 | WèiLiúchéng | - Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan |
| 赞成票 | 贊成票 | zànchéngpiào | - approval - affirmative vote |
| 郑成功 | 鄭成功 | ZhèngChénggōng | - Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader |
| 金日成 | 金日成 | JīnRìchéng | - Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea |
| 阜成门 | 阜成門 | Fùchéngmén | - Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 难不成 | 難不成 | nánbùchéng | - Is it possible that ... ? |
| 盐成土 | 鹽成土 | Yánchéngtǔ | - Halosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy) |
| 齐武成 | 齊武成 | QíWǔChéng | - Emperor Wucheng of Qi, personal name 高湛[Gao1 Dan1] (537-568), reigned 561-565 |
| 一事无成 | 一事無成 | yīshìwúchéng | - to have achieved nothing - to be a total failure - to get nowhere |
| 一成不变 | 一成不變 | yīchéngbùbiàn | - nothing much changes (idiom); always the same - stuck in a rut |
| 一气呵成 | 一氣呵成 | yīqìhēchéng | - to do something at one go - to flow smoothly |
| 一举成功 | 一舉成功 | yījǔchénggōng | - success at one go - to succeed at the first attempt |
| 一雨成秋 | 一雨成秋 | yīyǔchéngqiū | - a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) |
| 三五成群 | 三五成群 | sānwǔchéngqún | - forming groups of three or squads of five (idiom); people stand around in small clumps |
| 三人成虎 | 三人成虎 | sānrénchénghǔ | - three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact |
| 不成文法 | 不成文法 | bùchéngwénfǎ | - unwritten law |
| 不成样子 | 不成樣子 | bùchéngyàngzi | - shapeless - deformed - ruined - beyond recognition - (of a person) reduced to a shadow |
| 不成体统 | 不成體統 | bùchéngtǐtǒng | - not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous - bad form - unacceptable behavior |
| 中山成彬 | 中山成彬 | ZhōngshānChéngbīn | - NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes |
| 久病成医 | 久病成醫 | jiǔbìngchéngyī | - (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor |
| 事业有成 | 事業有成 | shìyèyǒuchéng | - to be successful in business - professional success |
| 使成一体 | 使成一體 | shǐchéngyītǐ | - to unify |
| 修成正果 | 修成正果 | xiūchéngzhèngguǒ | - to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight - to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts - to come to fruition |
| 修炼成仙 | 修煉成仙 | xiūliànchéngxiān | - lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal - practice makes perfect |
| 光能合成 | 光能合成 | guāngnénghéchéng | - photosynthesis |
| 八相成道 | 八相成道 | bāxiàngchéngdào | - the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism) |
| 出口成章 | 出口成章 | chūkǒuchéngzhāng | - to speak like a printed book - quick and clever talking - the gift of the gab |
| 功成不居 | 功成不居 | gōngchéngbùjū | - not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom) |
| 功成名就 | 功成名就 | gōngchéngmíngjiù | - to win success and recognition (idiom) |
| 功败垂成 | 功敗垂成 | gōngbàichuíchéng | - to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure - to fall at the last hurdle - snatching defeat from the jaws of victory |
| 加工成本 | 加工成本 | jiāgōngchéngběn | - processing cost |
| 势成骑虎 | 勢成騎虎 | shìchéngqíhǔ | - if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway |
| 化学成分 | 化學成分 | huàxuéchéngfèn | - chemical composition |
| 十成九稳 | 十成九穩 | shíchéngjiǔwěn | - to be 90 percent sure (idiom) |
| 卓有成效 | 卓有成效 | zhuóyǒuchéngxiào | - highly effective - fruitful |
| 反目成仇 | 反目成仇 | fǎnmùchéngchóu | - to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb |
| 可望有成 | 可望有成 | kěwàngyǒuchéng | - can be expected to be a success |
| 合成代谢 | 合成代謝 | héchéngdàixiè | - anabolism (biology) - constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) - assimilation |
| 合成橡胶 | 合成橡膠 | héchéngxiàngjiāo | - synthetic rubber |
| 合成石油 | 合成石油 | héchéngshíyóu | - synthetic oil |
| 合成纤维 | 合成纖維 | héchéngxiānwéi | - synthetic fiber |
| 合成语境 | 合成語境 | héchéngyǔjìng | - composite context |
| 合成语音 | 合成語音 | héchéngyǔyīn | - assembled phonology |
| 吸毒成瘾 | 吸毒成癮 | xīdúchéngyǐn | - drug addiction |
| 嗜杀成性 | 嗜殺成性 | shìshāchéngxìng | - bloodthirsty |
| 嗜痂成癖 | 嗜痂成癖 | shìjiāchéngpǐ | - to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom) |
| 因人成事 | 因人成事 | yīnrénchéngshì | - to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends |
| 因爱成恨 | 因愛成恨 | yīnàichénghèn | - hatred caused by love (idiom) - to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person |
| 坐享其成 | 坐享其成 | zuòxiǎngqíchéng | - to reap where one has not sown (idiom) |
| 坐观成败 | 坐觀成敗 | zuòguānchéngbài | - to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides - to sit on the fence |
| 基本完成 | 基本完成 | jīběnwánchéng | - fundamentally complete - basically finished |
| 墨守成规 | 墨守成規 | mòshǒuchéngguī | - hidebound by convention (idiom) |
| 外来成语 | 外來成語 | wàiláichéngyǔ | - loan idiom |
| 夜不成眠 | 夜不成眠 | yèbùchéngmián | - to be unable to sleep at night |
| 大功告成 | 大功告成 | dàgōnggàochéng | - successfully accomplished (project or goal) - to be highly successful |
| 大器晚成 | 大器晚成 | dàqìwǎnchéng | - lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly - in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state - Rome wasn't built in a day |
| 奉子成婚 | 奉子成婚 | fèngzǐchénghūn | - marriage arranged following a pregnancy - marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy |
| 好梦难成 | 好夢難成 | hǎomèngnánchéng | - a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom) |
| 学业有成 | 學業有成 | xuéyèyǒuchéng | - to be successful in one's studies - academic success |
| 家庭成员 | 家庭成員 | jiātíngchéngyuán | - family member |
| 宝成铁路 | 寶成鐵路 | BǎoChéngtiělù | - Baoji-Chengdu Railway |
| 少年老成 | 少年老成 | shàoniánlǎochéng | - accomplished though young - lacking youthful vigor |
| 川端康成 | 川端康成 | ChuānduānKāngchéng | - Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate |
| 弄假成真 | 弄假成真 | nòngjiǎchéngzhēn | - pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true |
| 弄巧成拙 | 弄巧成拙 | nòngqiǎochéngzhuō | - to outsmart oneself - to shoot oneself in the foot |
| 心想事成 | 心想事成 | xīnxiǎngshìchéng | - to have one's wishes come true - wish you the best! |
| 急于求成 | 急於求成 | jíyúqiúchéng | - anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success - impatient for result - impetuous |
| 恼羞成怒 | 惱羞成怒 | nǎoxiūchéngnù | - to fly into a rage out of humiliation - to be ashamed into anger (idiom) |
| 成何体统 | 成何體統 | chénghétǐtǒng | - What a scandal! - Whatever next? |
| 成千上万 | 成千上萬 | chéngqiānshàngwàn | - lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers - innumerable - thousands upon thousands |
| 成千成万 | 成千成萬 | chéngqiānchéngwàn | - lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers - innumerable - thousands upon thousands |
| 成千累万 | 成千累萬 | chéngqiānlěiwàn | - lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers - innumerable - thousands upon thousands |
| 成吉思汗 | 成吉思汗 | Chéngjísīhán | - Genghis Khan (1162-1227) |
| 成家立室 | 成家立室 | chéngjiālìshì | - to get married (idiom) |
| 成家立业 | 成家立業 | chéngjiālìyè | - to get married and start a career (idiom) - to settle down - to establish oneself |
| 成年累月 | 成年累月 | chéngniánlěiyuè | - year in, year out (idiom) |
| 成败利钝 | 成敗利鈍 | chéngbàilìdùn | - succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages - success and failure - You win some, you lose some. |
| 成败得失 | 成敗得失 | chéngbàidéshī | - lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) - fig. to weigh up various factors |
| 成败论人 | 成敗論人 | chéngbàilùnrén | - to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom) |
| 成熟分裂 | 成熟分裂 | chéngshúfēnliè | - meiosis (in sexual reproduction) |
| 成王败寇 | 成王敗寇 | chéngwángbàikòu | - see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] |
| 成田机场 | 成田機場 | ChéngtiánJīchǎng | - Narita Airport (Tokyo) |
| 成百上千 | 成百上千 | chéngbǎishàngqiān | - hundreds - a large number - lit. by the hundreds and thousands |
| 成竹在胸 | 成竹在胸 | chéngzhúzàixiōng | - see 胸有成竹[xiong1 you3 cheng2 zhu2] |
| 成绩卓然 | 成績卓然 | chéngjìzhuórán | - to achieve astounding results (idiom) |
| 成群结队 | 成群結隊 | chéngqúnjiéduì | - making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers - as a large crowd |
| 成考移民 | 成考移民 | chéngkǎoyímín | - mandatory college exam for immigrants |
| 成语典故 | 成語典故 | chéngyǔdiǎngù | - idiom that quotes a classic story |
| 成语接龙 | 成語接龍 | chéngyǔjiēlóng | - game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next |
| 成双作对 | 成雙作對 | chéngshuāngzuòduì | - see 成雙成對|成双成对[cheng2 shuang1 cheng2 dui4] |
| 成双成对 | 成雙成對 | chéngshuāngchéngduì | - to form pairs - to be in couples |
| 打成一片 | 打成一片 | dǎchéngyīpiàn | - to merge - to integrate - to become as one - to unify together |
| 打成平手 | 打成平手 | dǎchéngpíngshǒu | - to draw (a competition) - to fight to a standstill |
| 抱成一团 | 抱成一團 | bàochéngyītuán | - to band together - to gang up - to stick together |
| 挥汗成雨 | 揮汗成雨 | huīhànchéngyǔ | - to drip with sweat - sweat poured off (him) |
| 抚养成人 | 撫養成人 | fǔyǎngchéngrén | - to bring up (a child) |
| 败不成军 | 敗不成軍 | bàibùchéngjūn | - The army is completely routed. (idiom) |
| 既成事实 | 既成事實 | jìchéngshìshí | - fait accompli |
| 有志竟成 | 有志竟成 | yǒuzhìjìngchéng | - persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way |
| 望子成龙 | 望子成龍 | wàngzǐchénglóng | - lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life - to have great hopes for one's offspring - to give one's child the best education as a career investment |
| 木已成舟 | 木已成舟 | mùyǐchéngzhōu | - lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) - fig. what is done cannot be undone |
| 未成年人 | 未成年人 | wèichéngniánrén | - minor (i.e. person under 18) |
| 未成年者 | 未成年者 | wèichéngniánzhě | - minor (not an adult) |
| 乐见其成 | 樂見其成 | lèjiànqíchéng | - to look favorably on sth - would be glad see it happen |
| 乐观其成 | 樂觀其成 | lèguānqíchéng | - to look favorably on sth - would be glad to see it happen |
| 机会成本 | 機會成本 | jīhuìchéngběn | - opportunity cost |
| 正常成本 | 正常成本 | zhèngchángchéngběn | - normal cost (accountancy) |
| 历史成本 | 歷史成本 | lìshǐchéngběn | - historic cost (accounting) |
| 水到渠成 | 水到渠成 | shuǐdàoqúchéng | - lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) - fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally |
| 沉没成本 | 沉沒成本 | chénmòchéngběn | - sunk cost (economics) |
| 泛滥成灾 | 泛濫成災 | fànlànchéngzāi | - flood causes disaster (idiom); fig. swamped with work |
| 波澜老成 | 波瀾老成 | bōlánlǎochéng | - splendid and powerful (of story) - majestic - awesome |
| 浑然天成 | 渾然天成 | húnrántiānchéng | - to resemble nature itself - of the highest quality (idiom) |
| 溃不成军 | 潰不成軍 | kuìbùchéngjūn | - utterly defeated |
| 火成碎屑 | 火成碎屑 | huǒchéngsuìxiè | - pyroclastic |
| 熏陶成性 | 熏陶成性 | xūntáochéngxìng | - (idiom) nurture makes second nature - good habits come by long assimilation |
| 生产成本 | 生產成本 | shēngchǎnchéngběn | - production costs |
| 百事无成 | 百事無成 | bǎishìwúchéng | - to have accomplished nothing (idiom) |
| 百炼成钢 | 百煉成鋼 | bǎiliànchénggāng | - to be tempered into a steel |
| 相映成趣 | 相映成趣 | xiāngyìngchéngqù | - to set each other off nicely |
| 相沿成习 | 相沿成習 | xiāngyánchéngxí | - well established - accepted as a result of long usage |
| 相辅相成 | 相輔相成 | xiāngfǔxiāngchéng | - to complement one another (idiom) |
| 众志成城 | 眾志成城 | zhòngzhìchéngchéng | - unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom) |
| 磨杵成针 | 磨杵成針 | móchǔchéngzhēn | - to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task - to study diligently |
| 神成为人 | 神成為人 | Shénchéngwéirén | - God became man |
| 积劳成疾 | 積勞成疾 | jīláochéngjí | - to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork |
| 积少成多 | 積少成多 | jīshǎochéngduō | - Many little things add up to sth great. - Many little drops make an ocean. (idiom) |
| 积习成俗 | 積習成俗 | jīxíchéngsú | - accumulated habits become custom |
| 积非成是 | 積非成是 | jīfēichéngshì | - a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth |
| 立地成佛 | 立地成佛 | lìdìchéngfó | - to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation - to repent and be absolved of one's crimes |
| 米已成炊 | 米已成炊 | mǐyǐchéngchuī | - lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom) - fig. what is done cannot be undone |
| 约定俗成 | 約定俗成 | yuēdìngsúchéng | - established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement - customary convention |
| 终成泡影 | 終成泡影 | zhōngchéngpàoyǐng | - finally a soap bubble (idiom); grandiose plans that end up with nothing - pie in the sky |
| 终成眷属 | 終成眷屬 | zhōngchéngjuànshǔ | - Love will find a way to come together. (idiom) |
| 组成部分 | 組成部分 | zǔchéngbùfèn | - part - component - ingredient - constituent |
| 结队成群 | 結隊成群 | jiéduìchéngqún | - to form a large group (idiom) |
| 绿树成荫 | 綠樹成蔭 | lǜshùchéngyìn | - (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage - (of a road) to be tree-lined |
| 网络成瘾 | 網絡成癮 | wǎngluòchéngyǐn | - Internet addiction - net addiction - web addiction |
| 缩成一团 | 縮成一團 | suōchéngyītuán | - to huddle together - to curl up |
| 美梦成真 | 美夢成真 | měimèngchéngzhēn | - a dream come true |
| 习以成俗 | 習以成俗 | xíyǐchéngsú | - to become accustomed to sth through long practice |
| 习以成性 | 習以成性 | xíyǐchéngxìng | - deeply ingrained - steeped in |
| 老成持重 | 老成持重 | lǎochéngchízhòng | - old and wise - experienced and knowledgeable |
| 老羞成怒 | 老羞成怒 | lǎoxiūchéngnù | - see 惱羞成怒|恼羞成怒[nao3 xiu1 cheng2 nu4] |
| 聚沙成塔 | 聚沙成塔 | jùshāchéngtǎ | - sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity - many a mickle makes a muckle |
| 胸有成略 | 胸有成略 | xiōngyǒuchénglüè | - the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance - forewarned is forearmed |
| 胸有成竹 | 胸有成竹 | xiōngyǒuchéngzhú | - to plan in advance (idiom) - a card up one's sleeve - forewarned is forearmed |
| 胸有成算 | 胸有成算 | xiōngyǒuchéngsuàn | - the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance - forewarned is forearmed |
| 脱胎成仙 | 脫胎成仙 | tuōtāichéngxiān | - reborn as immortal |
| 自学成才 | 自學成才 | zìxuéchéngcái | - a self-made genius |
| 自成一家 | 自成一家 | zìchéngyījiā | - to have a style of one's own |
| 着手成春 | 著手成春 | zhuóshǒuchéngchūn | - lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) - to bring back the dead - once it starts, everything goes well |
| 蔚然成风 | 蔚然成風 | wèiránchéngfēng | - to have become common practice (idiom) - to become a general trend |
| 血栓形成 | 血栓形成 | xuèshuānxíngchéng | - thrombosis |
| 血流成河 | 血流成河 | xuèliúchénghé | - rivers of blood (idiom) - bloodbath |
| 语音合成 | 語音合成 | yǔyīnhéchéng | - speech synthesis |
| 造成问题 | 造成問題 | zàochéngwèntí | - to create an issue - to cause a problem |
| 达成协议 | 達成協議 | dáchéngxiéyì | - to reach agreement |
| 边际成本 | 邊際成本 | biānjìchéngběn | - marginal cost |
| 铸成大错 | 鑄成大錯 | zhùchéngdàcuò | - to make a serious mistake (idiom) |
| 阶级成分 | 階級成分 | jiējíchéngfèn | - social composition - social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during cultural revolution) |
| 集成电路 | 集成電路 | jíchéngdiànlù | - integrated circuit - IC |
| 集腋成裘 | 集腋成裘 | jíyèchéngqiú | - many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big - many a mickle makes a muckle |
| 顺理成章 | 順理成章 | shùnlǐchéngzhāng | - logical - only to be expected - rational and clearly structured (of text) |
| 频率合成 | 頻率合成 | pínlǜhéchéng | - frequency synthesis |
| 马到成功 | 馬到成功 | mǎdàochénggōng | - to win instant success (idiom) |
| 驾鹤成仙 | 駕鶴成仙 | jiàhèchéngxiān | - to fly on a crane and become immortal |
| 点石成金 | 點石成金 | diǎnshíchéngjīn | - to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem |
| 点金成铁 | 點金成鐵 | diǎnjīnchéngtiě | - to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it |
| 点铁成金 | 點鐵成金 | diǎntiěchéngjīn | - to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem |
| 不打不成器 | 不打不成器 | bùdǎbùchéngqì | - spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) |
| 不打不成才 | 不打不成才 | bùdǎbùchéngcái | - spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) |
| 不空成就佛 | 不空成就佛 | Bùkōngchéngjiùfó | - Amoghasiddhi Buddha |
| 久病成良医 | 久病成良醫 | jiǔbìngchéngliángyī | - long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom) |
| 功到自然成 | 功到自然成 | gōngdàozìránchéng | - effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom) |
| 合成洗涤剂 | 合成洗滌劑 | héchéngxǐdíjì | - synthetic detergent |
| 合成类固醇 | 合成類固醇 | héchénglèigùchún | - anabolic steroids |
| 天文学大成 | 天文學大成 | TiānwénxuéDàchéng | - the Almagest by Ptolemy |
| 媳妇熬成婆 | 媳婦熬成婆 | xífùáochéngpó | - lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) - fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor - what goes around comes around |
| 宇宙生成论 | 宇宙生成論 | yǔzhòushēngchénglùn | - cosmology |
| 平方成反比 | 平方成反比 | píngfāngchéngfǎnbǐ | - proportional to inverse square (physics) |
| 恨铁不成钢 | 恨鐵不成鋼 | hèntiěbùchénggāng | - lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel - to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom) |
| 成骨不全症 | 成骨不全症 | chénggǔbùquánzhèng | - osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) - brittle bone disease |
| 拧成一股绳 | 擰成一股繩 | níngchéngyīgǔshéng | - to twist together to form a rope - (fig.) to unite - to work together |
| 放射生成物 | 放射生成物 | fàngshèshēngchéngwù | - radiogenic material |
| 氢净合成油 | 氫淨合成油 | qīngjìnghéchéngyóu | - hydrogenated oil |
| 无巧不成书 | 無巧不成書 | wúqiǎobùchéngshū | - curious coincidence |
| 独木不成林 | 獨木不成林 | dúmùbùchénglín | - a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) - one cannot accomplish much on one's own |
| 磁共振成像 | 磁共振成像 | cígòngzhènchéngxiàng | - magnetic resonance imaging MRI |
| 习惯成自然 | 習慣成自然 | xíguànchéngzìrán | - habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable - second nature |
| 脑成像技术 | 腦成像技術 | nǎochéngxiàngjìshù | - brain imaging technique |
| 不成功便成仁 | 不成功便成仁 | bùchénggōngbiànchéngrén | - to succeed or die trying (idiom) |
| 不打不成相识 | 不打不成相識 | bùdǎbùchéngxiāngshí | - don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship |
| 偏正式合成词 | 偏正式合成詞 | piānzhèngshìhéchéngcí | - modified compound word |
| 专用集成电路 | 專用集成電路 | zhuānyòngjíchéngdiànlù | - application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) |
| 必不可少组成 | 必不可少組成 | bìbùkěshǎozǔchéng | - absolute necessity - sine qua non |
| 成败在此一举 | 成敗在此一舉 | chéngbàizàicǐyījǔ | - win or lose, it all ends here - this is the moment to shine |
| 成都体育大学 | 成都體育大學 | ChéngdūTǐyùDàxué | - Chengdu Sports University |
| 有志者事竟成 | 有志者事竟成 | yǒuzhìzhěshìjìngchéng | - a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way |
| 机会带来成功 | 機會帶來成功 | jīhuìdàiláichénggōng | - Opportunity brings success. (idiom) |
| 生米做成熟饭 | 生米做成熟飯 | shēngmǐzuòchéngshúfàn | - lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed - It's too late to change anything now. - also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭 |
| 生米煮成熟饭 | 生米煮成熟飯 | shēngmǐzhǔchéngshúfàn | - the rice is cooked - what's done is done - it's too late to change anything now (idiom) |
| 红血球生成素 | 紅血球生成素 | hóngxuèqiúshēngchéngsù | - erythropoietin (EPO) |
| 联合式合成词 | 聯合式合成詞 | liánhéshìhéchéngcí | - coordinative compound word |
| 高不成低不就 | 高不成低不就 | gāobùchéngdībùjiù | - can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one |
| 一口吃不成胖子 | 一口吃不成胖子 | yīkǒuchībùchéngpàngzi | - lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) - fig. learn to walk before you run |
| 一失足成千古恨 | 一失足成千古恨 | yīshīzúchéngqiāngǔhèn | - a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom) |
| 偷鸡不成蚀把米 | 偷雞不成蝕把米 | tōujībùchéngshíbǎmǐ | - lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) - fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off - to go for wool and come back shorn |
| 失败是成功之母 | 失敗是成功之母 | shībàishìchénggōngzhīmǔ | - Failure is the mother of success. |
| 有情人终成眷属 | 有情人終成眷屬 | yǒuqíngrénzhōngchéngjuànshǔ | - love will find a way (idiom) |
| 无心插柳柳成阴 | 無心插柳柳成陰 | wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn | - lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you - (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success - also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 |
| 计算机集成制造 | 計算機集成制造 | jìsuànjījíchéngzhìzào | - computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) |
| 功能性磁共振成像 | 功能性磁共振成像 | gōngnéngxìngcígòngzhènchéngxiàng | - functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
| 功能磁共振成像术 | 功能磁共振成像術 | gōngnéngcígòngzhènchéngxiàngshù | - functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
| 兰郑长成品油管道 | 蘭鄭長成品油管道 | LánZhèngChángchéngpǐnyóuguǎndào | - Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 成也萧何，败也萧何 | 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 | chéngyěXiāoHé,bàiyěXiāoHé | - lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] - fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor |
| 成事不足，败事有余 | 成事不足，敗事有餘 | chéngshìbùzú,bàishìyǒuyú | - unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) - unable to do anything right - never make, but always mar |
| 成则为王，败则为寇 | 成則為王，敗則為寇 | chéngzéwéiwáng,bàizéwéikòu | - lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) - fig. losers are always in the wrong |
| 成者为王，败者为寇 | 成者為王，敗者為寇 | chéngzhěwéiwáng,bàizhěwéikòu | - see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] |
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | fàngxiàtúdāo,lìdìchéngfó | - lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation - to repent and be absolved of one's crimes |
| 没有规矩，不成方圆 | 沒有規矩，不成方圓 | méiyǒuguīju,bùchéngfāngyuán | - without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules |
| 谋事在人，成事在天 | 謀事在人，成事在天 | móushìzàirén,chéngshìzàitiān | - planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes. |
| 不以规矩，不能成方圆 | 不以規矩，不能成方圓 | bùyǐguīju,bùnéngchéngfāngyuán | - without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules |
| 没有规矩，何以成方圆 | 沒有規矩，何以成方圓 | méiyǒuguījǔ,héyǐchéngfāngyuán | - without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn | - If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. - cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task - to study diligently |
| 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全 | 少女露笑臉，婚事半成全 | shàonǚlùxiàoliǎn,hūnshìbànchéngquán | - When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom) |
| 三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮 | 三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮 | sāngèchòupíjiang,héchéngyīgèZhūgěLiàng | - lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom |
| 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 | 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 | yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn | - lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree - fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect - well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it |
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