一事無成

yí shì wú chéng

B2 Level 6

一事無成 (yí shì wú chéng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

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

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).