一事无成
Traditional form:
一事無成
Pinyin (reading):
yīshìwúchéng
Definitions:
- to have achieved nothing
- to be a total failure
- to get nowhere
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
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