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一事无成
yī shì wú chéng
What 一事无成 means
- idiomto have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
The characters in 一事无成
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 事shìmatter; thing; item
- 无wúnot to have; no; none
- 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
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