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成事

chéng shì

2-character word

What 成事 means

1. to accomplish the objective
2. to succeed

The characters in 成事

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 谋事在人，成事在天。
  Man proposes, God disposes.

Words starting with 成事

• 成事不足，败事有余chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yúunable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)…

Words containing 成事

• 因人成事yīn rén chéng shìto get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
• 既成事实jì chéng shì shífait accompli
• 谋事在人，成事在天móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiānplanning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.

Sounds the same

Read chéng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 城市city; town
• 程式form; pattern; formula
• 乘势to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot