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一事無成

一事無成

See also: 一事无成

Chinese

			to not accomplish; to not achieve; to be without success
trad. (一事無成)		一事	無成
simp. (一事无成)		一事	无成

Idiom

一事無成

to be unable to achieve anything; to be a total failure

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīshìwúchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīshìwúchéng [Phonetic: yíshìwúchéng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyhwuchengr
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: yāt sih mòuh sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` sii vuˇ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²
  - IPA: /it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` sii vuˇ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/