一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一事无成
yíshìwúchéng
to achieve nothing; to accomplish nothing
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 他年轻时怕吃苦，不肯努力，结果一事无成。 Tā niánqīng shí pà chī kǔ, bù kěn nǔlì, jiéguǒ yíshìwúchéng. When he was young he was afraid of hardship and unwilling to work hard, so in the end he achieved nothing.
- 别怕失败，只要不断尝试，就不会一事无成。 Bié pà shībài, zhǐyào bùduàn chángshì, jiù bú huì yíshìwúchéng. Don't be afraid of failure: as long as you keep trying, you will not end up with nothing.
- 老师提醒我们，虚度光阴的人往往一事无成。 Lǎoshī tíxǐng wǒmen, xūdù guāngyīn de rén wǎngwǎng yíshìwúchéng. The teacher reminded us that people who waste their time usually accomplish nothing.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while