"一事無成" meaning in 漢語

See 一事無成 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐt̚⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, IPA], /(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/ [Hakka, Neipu, IPA], /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sɯ¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, IPA] Forms: 一事无成 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 事業毫無成就
    Sense id: zh-一事無成-zh-phrase-OHHv-zmc Categories (other): 有引文的文言文詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "客家語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "客家語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「一」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「事」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「成」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「無」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有一字而變調為第二聲的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "潮州話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "潮州話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一事无成",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "一件事情都沒完成",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "唐·白居易《除夜寄微之》",
          "roman": "Bìnmáo bùjué báisānsān, yīshìwúchéng bǎi bùkān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "鬢毛不覺白毿毿,一事無成百不堪。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "唐·白居易《除夜寄微之》",
          "roman": "Bìnmáo bùjué báisānsān, yīshìwúchéng bǎi bùkān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "鬓毛不觉白毵毵,一事无成百不堪。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "事業毫無成就"
      ],
      "id": "zh-一事無成-zh-phrase-OHHv-zmc"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīshìwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīshìwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíshìwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yishìhwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i¹-shih⁴-wu²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yī-shr̀-wú-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ishyhwucherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "išiučɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ишиучэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yāt sih mòuh sìhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat⁷ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yed¹ xi⁶ mou⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "id^ˋ sii^(vuˇ) siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)id^ˋ sii^(vuˇ) siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tse̍k sṳ̄ bô sêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sɯ¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "一事無成"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "客家語成語",
    "客家語詞元",
    "帶「一」的漢語詞",
    "帶「事」的漢語詞",
    "帶「成」的漢語詞",
    "帶「無」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有一字而變調為第二聲的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "潮州話成語",
    "潮州話詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一事无成",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "一件事情都沒完成",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的文言文詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "唐·白居易《除夜寄微之》",
          "roman": "Bìnmáo bùjué báisānsān, yīshìwúchéng bǎi bùkān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "鬢毛不覺白毿毿,一事無成百不堪。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "唐·白居易《除夜寄微之》",
          "roman": "Bìnmáo bùjué báisānsān, yīshìwúchéng bǎi bùkān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "鬓毛不觉白毵毵,一事无成百不堪。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "事業毫無成就"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīshìwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīshìwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíshìwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yishìhwúchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i¹-shih⁴-wu²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yī-shr̀-wú-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ishyhwucherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "išiučɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ишиучэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yāt sih mòuh sìhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat⁷ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yed¹ xi⁶ mou⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "id^ˋ sii^(vuˇ) siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "北四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)id^ˋ sii^(vuˇ) siin^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "南四縣話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Neipu",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tse̍k sṳ̄ bô sêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sɯ¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "一事無成"
}

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