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singˎ₄成
Pinyin: cheng2
Translations
nounone tenth; 10 per cent
nounwhole; full
nounalmost; nearly
nouncapable; able; terrific
nounachievement; result; success
nounacceptable; all right; okay
noungrow; develop; become; turn into
nounsucceed; accomplish; complete
nounamount to (a considerable number)
noun(verb) 1. to form; 2. grow; (adjective) 1. whole; 2. almost
dukˍ₆獨mukˍ₆木batˉ¹不singˎ₄成lamˎ₄林
简 独木不成林
Pinyin: du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2
Translations
nounone person cannot handle all the tasks by himself. (lit. one tree does not make a forest)
joengˏ₅養singˎ₄成
简 养成
Pinyin: yang3 cheng2
Translations
nounto form; to acquire; to cultivate
hakˉ¹黑seˏ₅社wuiˊ²會singˎ₄成fanˍ₆分
简 黑社会成分
Pinyin: hei1 she4 hui4 cheng2 fen4
Translations
nountriad element
singˎ₄成douˉ¹都
Pinyin: cheng2 du1
Translations
nounChengdu (in Sichuan Province)
zoˍ₆坐zeˏ₅這saanˉ¹山mongˍ₆望naaˏ₅那saanˉ¹山jatˉ¹一siˍ₆事mouˎ₄無singˎ₄成
简 坐这山望那山一事无成
Pinyin: zuo4 zhe4 shan1 wang4 na4 shan1 yi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2
Translations
nounsitting on this hill, looking over to another hill won't accomplish anything.
singˎ₄成waiˎ₄為
简 成为
Pinyin: cheng2 wei2
Translations
nounto become; to turn into
seˊ²捨sangˉ¹生singˎ₄成janˎ₄仁
简 舍生成仁
Pinyin: she3 sheng1 cheng2 ren2
Translations
nounsacrifice for virtue or higher ethical values
saamˉ¹三singˎ₄成sukˍ₆熟
Pinyin: san1 cheng2 shu2
Translations
nounmedium-rare (for a steak)
hapˍ₆合singˎ₄成ciˎ₄詞
简 合成词
Pinyin: he2 cheng2 ci2
Translations
nouncompound word
lokˍ₆落singˎ₄成
Pinyin: luo4 cheng2
Translations
nounto complete a construction project
ziˊ²只heoiˊ²許singˎ₄成gung1,功batˉ¹不heoiˊ²許satˉ¹失baaiˍ₆敗
简 只许成功不许失败
Pinyin: zhi3 xu3 cheng2 gong1 bu4 xu3 shi1 bai4
Translations
nounOnly allow success, not allow failure
jatˉ¹一satˉ¹失zukˉ¹足singˎ₄成cinˉ¹千guˊ²古hanˍ₆恨
Pinyin: yi4 shi1 zu2 cheng2 qian1 gu3 hen4
Translations
nounone false step brings everlasting grief; a single slip may cause lasting sorrow; a moment's error can bring a lifelong regret
makˍ₆墨sauˊ²守singˎ₄成kwaiˉ¹規
简 墨守成规
Pinyin: mo4 shou3 cheng2 gui1
Translations
nounstubborn; to stick to established practises
singˎ₄成gwoˊ²果
Pinyin: cheng2 guo3
Translations
nounresult; gain; achievement; profit
noun(noun) Outcome of
faa˗₃化hokˍ₆學hapˍ₆合singˎ₄成
简 化学合成
Pinyin: hua4 xue2 he2 cheng2
Translations
nounchemosynthesis
gungˉ¹功singˎ₄成mingˎ₄名zauˍ₆就
Pinyin: gong1 cheng2 ming2 jiu4
Translations
nounto have achieved accomplishments and made a name for oneself
singˎ₄成samˉ¹心
Pinyin: cheng2 xin1
Translations
noundeliberate; with intent | [粵]: 專登
maiˏ₅米jiˏ₅已singˎ₄成ceoiˉ¹炊
Pinyin: mi3 yi3 cheng2 chui1
Translations
nounraw rice has already been cooked
nounwhat is done cannot be undone; the die is cast
noun木已成舟 | [粵] 生米煮成熟飯
hapˍ₆合singˎ₄成
Pinyin: he2 cheng2
Translations
nouncompound; mixture; synthesis
saat˗₃殺sanˉ¹身singˎ₄成janˎ₄仁
简 杀身成仁
Pinyin: sha1 shen1 cheng2 ren2
Translations
noundie to achieve virtue; die for a just cause
nounsacrificing one's life for justice (slang)
ze˗₃借taai˗₃貸singˎ₄成bunˊ²本
简 借贷成本
Pinyin: jie4 dai4 cheng2 ben3
Translations
nounborrowing costs
gauˊ²九singˎ₄成
Pinyin: jiu3 cheng2
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nouncomplete; 90 percent; 9 movements (music)
sengˎ₄成sai˗₃世janˎ₄人
Pinyin: cheng2 shi4 ren2
Translations
nounone's whole life; an entire lifetime
nounone's whole life; one's entire life
zikˉ¹積siuˊ²少singˎ₄成doˉ¹多
简 积少成多
Pinyin: ji1 shao3 cheng2 duo1
Translations
nounmany a little makes a mickle; accumulate/amass little by little
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